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Every imperialistic Influence In Europe
was boetJl to tbe embodiment of Article
X in th covenant and its defeat now would
mark com Diet consummation of' their ef
fort to nullify the treaty. I hold the doc
trine of Article X to be the eeaenc of
Amertcgnliim. Wa canrifit repudiate it or
weaken it without repudiating our own
principle. Woodrow VVIUon.
HIS CHALLENGE
WOODROW WILSON is himself
again. All doubt as to his
powers are removed by his let-,t.-
ter to .Senator Hitchcock. By
'the 'same token all doubts as to the
correctness of his attitude on Article
X are likewise removed. No statement
that has come out of the White House
has been more powerful or more
convincing.
If, we should weaken Article X "it
would mark us as desiring to return
to the old world of , Jealous rivalry
and ) misunderstandings from which
our gallant soldiers have rescued us,"
says 'Mr, Wilson. This we know from
what we see going on in Europe.
The militarist party nas gamea con-'
1 trol of the government In France,
; and rivalries and jealousies are al
ready beginning to appear between
France and England. Both are annex
ing, territory and both seeking to gain
, new advantages in the balance of
power.
; Mr. Wilson continues:
'. Militaristic ambitions and Imperialis
tic policies are oy no means aeaa, even
In the councils of nations whom we mot
. trust and with whom we most desire
to be associated In the tasks of peace.
Throughout the sessions of the confer-
ence at Paris, tt was evident that a mil
itaristic party tinder the most influen
tial leadership was seeking to gain as
cendency In the councils of France. They
were defeated then, but are In Control
how. For my own part I am
. as intolerant of Imperialistic designs on
the part of other nations as I was of
such designs on the part of Germany,
The choice ia between two Ideals : On the
: one hand, the Id " of democracy, which
represents the right of free peoples
everywhere to govern themselves, and
: on the other hand, the ideal of im
perialism, which seeks to dominate by
' force and unjust power, an ideal which
Is by no means dead and which ia
earnestly held in many quarters still.
I Italy demanded Flume. That was
; imperialism. The council of premiers
was ready to grant her demand.
President Wilson protested, and he
was supported in that protest by the
most influential British press. Thus,
n Italy, on France and even on Great
Britain, the real victory of the war,
tha moral vlMnnv nvr flormnnv woo
i - lost. Tempted by their sudden power,
a - power finally gained through
American arms and sacrifices, they
tl set out on a career of aggrandize
' ment as soon as America, through the
inaction of the United States senate,
dropped out of the councils. All that
. the president says Is thus proven true.
Imperialism is not dead. He goes on
to say:
'- -Rvery Imperialistic influence in Europe
f- was hostile to the embodiment of Article
X in the covenant, and its defeat would
mark complete consummation of their
efforts to nullifiy the treaty. I hold the
doctrine of Article X to be the essence
of Americanism. We cannot repudiate
it or -weaken It without repudiating our
own principles. The imperialist wants
no League of Nations, but if . in response
to the universal cry of the masses every -
where,, there Is to be one, he ia inter-
-. eated to secure one suited to his own
purposes, one thr.t will permit him to
continue the historic game of pawns and
peoples the Juggling of provinces, thf
old balances of power and the Inevitable
wars attendant upon these things. The
reservation proposed (to Article X) would
perpetuate the old order. Does anyone
really want to see the old game played
again? : '!
" The-' old game drew America into
a devastating war. We spent 126,000,
000,000 and sacrificed; 100,000 lives in
the struggle. We inherited from it a
legacy nf social discontent We are
paying heavy taxes ,on the; war debt
now, and we shall he paying them
still at the.end of a generation. If,
after all this cost in lives and treasure,
. We are tO gain nothing j)Ut the mil
itary decision, if the mad rivalries of
Europe-are uu to go on when, with
our great moral leadership, it would
be; io easy for us td stop them, then
tbe war was futile and we fought it
In vaJn. 'Not only-must we admit that
we failed, to gather the full fruits of
the victory but we. must ga forward
in preparedness and militaristic ex
penditures to be ready for that other
war Into which we shall be drawn,
as we were in thisl In spite of Ourselves.-
Mr; Wilson continues:
Article X ; represents renunciation by
Great Britain and. Japan, which, before
the war had begun to find ao many in
terests in common in the .Pacific; by
France, by Italy, by all the STeat fighting-
powers of the world, of the old pre
tensions of political conquest and ter
ritorial aggrandizement. It Is a new doc
trine in the world's affairs, and mutt be
recognized or there ia no secure basin
for the peace which the world so long
ingly desires and so desperately needs.
If Article X is not adopted and acted
upon the governments which reject It
will,- I think, be guilty of bad faith to
their people whom they induced to make
the infinite sacrifices of the war with
the pledge that they -would be fighting
to redeem the world from the old order
of force and aggression.
The president's letter is a challenge
by the plain people of the world to
the potentates, profiteers, parasites,
militarists and imperialists, who have
for centuries framed a peace that led
to new wars. It is the voice of the
masses of mankind appealing to Chris
tendom for a .new kind of peace in
which militarism will die and justice
prevail.
Olive growers of California an
nounce that "they can safely say
that the botulism bacillus Is con
trolled." They are, in other words,
extending the olive branch-to . public
fear. ;
TO END SKULDUGGERY
REFORM that competent men
say will be one of the biggest
ever offered the people of Oregon
Is fo be proposed 4y the State
Taxpayers' league to Oregon 'voters In
the election next November.
It Is the proposed divided session
of the legislature. There will be an
opening period of not to exceed 40
days, and about 60 days later a closing
period of not to exceed 10 days. Ex
cept certain appropriation bills, no
legislation can be passed in the open
ing period. No legislation can be ln-
k troduced in tbe closing period. No
bill can be amended in the closing
period except by four fifths vote of
all the members of both houses.
This means that in the 60 days In-H
terlm between the opening and closing
period everything will become fully
known about every measure under
consideration. It means that no bill
can ever be passed without everybody
having full opportunity of knowing
all about it.
In effect, the plan would do much
the same thing that is done by the
referendum without the delay .and
trouble incident to application of the
referendum. The closing period is, in
actual fact, a modified application of
the principle of. the referendum. The
60 days of adjournment is for the pur
pose of giving all a chance to study
pending legislation and opportunity, If
desired, to enter a protest against ob
jectionable measures. It is, in short,
the taking of the people into the con
fidence of. the legislature and offer
ing them a chance to say which bills
they want passed and which they do
not want passed.
Under such a plan, no stealthy joker
can be slipped through. There can be
no congestion in the closing hours of
the session. There will be no Jam of
bills on the last day during which a
"midnight resolution" can be perpe
trated upon an unsuspecting commu
nity. There is all of the old fire, in the
president's letter to Senator Hitch
cock, and more. What a loss , to
mankind it waa when the president
broke down on that unhappy day
last September and all the wonder
ful power of his expression and his
splendid ideals removed until now
from the treaty fight. His letter
shows how steadfast he is in' his
fidelity to the American people and
the people of the world in their
sacrifices and how completely the
senate obstructionists are working
hand in hand with the militarists
and Imperialists of Europe, uncon
sciously, perhaps, but only perhaps,
AFTER EIGHTEEN'- YEARS
T
HE Oregon country was long dom
inated by a newspaper monopoly.
The Oregonlan owned the Tele
gram and one was run as a gold
standard paper and the other as a
free silver paper.
The combination controlled the
sources of telegraphic "news, and it
was difficult for a competing paper
to gain a foothold.
. Several attempts were made, but for
years all failed. Eighteen years ago
i yesterday The Journal threw Its hat
into the ring and began the struggle
to exist Itt a field strewn with the
wTecks of newspapers that came
along, played their part . for a brief
time and then passed on and out.
Viewed in the moment of retro
spection which the anniversary in
evitably brings, the effort and the
output of 18 years seem prodigious.
The editions have run into uncounted
thousands. Copies of The Journal are
numbered in millions. Each year has
witnessed growth, both of The Jour
nal and of the Oregon country which
It serves. The growth of the one has
been the growth of the other. There
i have been no backward steps
But fn all the years The Journal
has not ceased to be a human product
dedicated to human .welfare. It-believes
more than ever "that it is not
property or position or power, but the
conscience, the service and the soul
ihat make the man."
It believes, too, that the opportun
ity and the liberty ofxfthe Oregon
country will produce here a. finer
manhood and -womanhood ' than the
world has prven seen. ,4. -
, The Journal has. found that a news
paper to be strong must hate support
and to have support it must be sin
cere. It has been confirmed In the
belief that? the highest standards of
news reporting" and interpretation
must be accompanied by equally high
ideals of usefulness. . -
The dissemination of Dews is not
less lastingly 'important than the ex
posure of evil and the upholding of!
right To have a persistent policy
in behalf of honest causes, true de
mocracy, higher standards of living,
awakened public spirit. - civic con
science, kindliness and justice are es
sential not only fo the building of a
newspaper's character, but to its very
permanence as an institution.
These things, which The Journal be
lieved at its beginning, it believes more
now than then. For 18 years it has
had a test -of that which it would
support or oppose. In the 'continu
ance of that test will be found the
promise of future usefulness and
service. The test is a simple Ques
tion.
"Is it right?"
Not long ago an agitation was be
gun up at Salem to secure the dis
charge of married women employed
in the state departments. Soon aft
erwards, and right in the face of it,
an epidemic of matrimony swept
over the statehouse. But alt the
young xwomen employes married
young men also employed by the de
partments. Now if the boss fires
the bride he will probably have to
fire the groom, too, and, since state
wages are relatively low and capa
ble employes are relatively scarce, it
looks like thete. was something in
the old adage "in union' there Is
strength" after all.
THREE'S A CROWD
F
IRST, and departed, husbands
ruffle the waters of . the sea of
matrimony when they are not
allowed to sleep undisturbed in
the crepe draped - mausoleum of
memory. A saddened Portland swain
so tells the court.
He has had a sad. sad time. He
was conscripted, so he testifies, ot
so long after his predecessor had de
parted this life. He attempted to
soothe the grief of the -afflicted
widow, and she hooked him. She-led
hinj reluctant to the altar, and bound
him there with the bonds of wedlock.
Then she danced the good qualities
of her prior lord and master continu
ally before his troubled gaze, much
to his sorrow and woe.
Two nights after 6he led him home
a captive to her charms, he says she
pinned the picture of her first love
above his side of the bed, where it
gazed reproachfully down at him the
first thing In the morning and the
last thing at night.
More than (that, she made him sleep
on the wrong side of the bed where
he could not keep his eyes off the
affronting likeness without he slept
on his left Bide, when, he testified,
he "had lied on his right side ever
since he was a boy." "
She reproached him because, her
first .husband had been accttstomed
to wash her feet and comb her, hair,
courtly attentions which he refused.
She took his money to buy forgetme-
nots, with which she compelled him
to decorate the grave of his departed
but ever present rival.
The unhappy man does not contend
that it would have been impossible
for him to have "lied" upen hjs left
side as easily, as upon his right.
It was the picture that got his goat.
If he reclined on his back and stared
at the ceiling he snored when he went
to sleep, and . she kicked him awake.
If he slept on his face he was not
comfortable, because he wa fat. There
was no escape. He did not mind
washing the dishes but he drew the
line at feet. He could not comb her
hair because he was bald himself and
out of practice. But the forgetmenots
were the last straw; they were the
finish.
"Think of it judge." he implored,
"with shoes eight dollars a foot and
her buyin' imported bokays from Cal
ifornia. My Gawd, Judge, I Just can't
stand It no longer." It is a" sad, sad
world.
The internal revenue department
is planning to grant extensions of
time -in certain instances 'to those
who may not be able to file, their
tax statements by March 16. Now if
the government would Just grant
extensions of credit everybody would
be happy,
t
THE PASSING SHOW
T
HE passing show at Constanti-
nople evidences what it means for
America. to be out of the League
of Nations.
The, Turkish government Is perpet
uated there. Great Britain sends a
heavy military and naval force there
to guarantee freedom of navigation
in Turkish waters.
France claims that, backed by Italy
and Greece, the British are to be pre
dominant at Constantinople. The old
game of grab Is on.
France has annexed new provinces
beyond the Bosporus, and so has Brit
ain. The' fundaments of the league
covenant are defied as they were at
Flume until President Wilson pro
tested.
The jealousies and envies "and ma
nipulations of the old order are work
lng at the Dardanelles, Just as they
have always worked. ' t :'
Probably the. Armenians will be
compelled tb continue under tyranny
just as has been done for six centuries,
Julius Barnes Informs a congres
sional committee that the -reason U
la so hard to buy bread is because
the nation's- housewives will not use
oft . flour, - whiCh may also explain
why it 1 bo hard to .convince the
consumer that the mill men are i notltlon and ajf surrounding circumstances
having a soft time.
History of the Founding of
Corvallis, Capital of
Benton County
Also at One Time State Capital, and
Now the Seat of A Great Agri
cultural College.
Inasmuch as Marys Peak la the domi- ;
nant feature of the landscape in Benton
county, and inasmuch as Marys river
joins its mountain-born waters with the
Willamette at the county seat, it Is not
to be wondered at that whan J, C.
Avery founded the town of Corvallis he
named it MarysvUle. The city waa in
corporated January 28, 1S57. : Joseph C.
Avery hailed from Pennsylvania, where
he was born June 9,1817. When he was
22 years old he went west, settling in
Illinois. Two -years later, in 1841. he
married Martha Marsh. In 1845 be de
cided to go to Oregon. More than 3000
immigrants arrived In Oregon in 1845.
Two wagon trains made Independence
their rendesvous. One train was com
manded by Presley Welch, whose aides
were Joel Palmer and Samuel K. Bar
low. The other train, consisting of 40
wagons, was led by Samuel Hancock.
Another train, 62 wagons under Captain
Hackleman, made its start from St.
Joseph. Still another company, of 61
wagons, under command -of W. G.
TVaulty also made St. Joseph the ren
dezvous. The fifth wagon train had 68
wagons tn it and waa led by Sol Teth
erow, Look, over the roll of those who
came to Oregon in 1845 and you will
find an unusually large number of men
who made their mark.
J. C. Avery spent the winter of, 1845
at Oregon City. The .next spring 1 he
took up a donation land claim at - the
mouth of Marys river and in 1850 laid
out a townslte. calling its MarysvUle.
Within five years the site of J. C.
Avery's farm was the capital of Oregon.
On January 13, 1855, the territorial leg
islature passed a bill removing the capi
tal, from Salem to Corvallis and at the
same ' time a - bill was passed trans
ferring the State university froan Cor-
vallis to Jacksonville, the metropolis of
Southern Oregon. Governor George L.
Curry, as well as the secretary of
state and the state printer, moved tiielr
official residence to Corvallis, the new
seat of territorial government, and took
with them all their official records.
They went to Corvallis aboard the
Canemah, which made the trip as far
up river as Corvallis for the first time.
The treasury department at Washing
ton notified the secretary of state at
Corvallis that no mileage would be al
lowed state officials or legislators meet
ing at Corvallis, so they moved back
to Salem. "
e e e
The legislature, which was In session
at Corvallis, reassembled at Salem. De
cember 18. 1855. Such bitter feeling
' was engendered by the removal of the
state capital that the legislature de
cided to submit the matter, to a vote of
fiie peoeple of the state at a special
election. The vote for capital location
was Eugene 2627. Corvallis 2327, Salem
2101. Portland 1154. No city having a
majority, it was decided to have the
voter U. the next election choose be
tween Eugene and Corvallis, leaving
both Salem and Portland out of the
running. Jackson county gave Cor
vallis a large majority, but Jackson.
Josephine. Wasco and Tillamook failed
to file the official returns of their vote
within the time specified by law, so the
votes of these counties were thrown out
and the secretary of state certified the
vote to be: Eugene 2319. Salem 2949,
Corvallis 1998. Portland 1154. The elec
tion was thus narrowed down to Eu
gene and Salem. At the special election
to decide whether Eugene or Salem
should be the state capital Eugene re
ceived 2539 votes and Salem but 444.
This made Eugene the state capital,
but Salem decided to keep It anyway,
and did so) The capital question re
mained undecided for many years. On
October 19, 1860, the legislature decided
to submit the question to a vote of the
people every two years till the Question
was settled. It was voted upon in
June, 1862,' without decisive result, and
again In June, 1864. when Salem won
by 79 votes.
.
Corvallis lost on the capital but se
cured the Agricultural college. Con
gress had set aside 90,000 acres of land
to establish an agricultural college. In
1868 the legislature told the trustees of
the college at Corvallis operated under
the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, that If they would
add the study of agriculture to their
course they would turn over to them the
proceeds of the land fund. This was
done. In 1885 the church relinquished
its clainvand the state took over the
college. The new college building was
nrst used in the fall of 1888. B. L.
Arnold was the first president. Then
came John M. Bloss, H. B. Miller and
T. M. Gatch, followed in 1907 by Dr.
W. J. Kerr.
Letters From the People
r Communication sent fn It.. i 1 .
publication ihi, department should Be written
". OI we paper, anouid not exceed
00 wems in length tnd must be signed 07 the
writer, shot mail mAArmm in fnll . '
Panr the contribution. 1
Watered Stock and Gift -Lines
Portland, March 10. To the Editor of
-me journal i nave been reading many
of the letters from the people In The
journal ana I wish there were one
whole page given to that idea of getting
the thoughts of the common people.
Now. I think if the street railway com
pany cannot make its system pay It Is
because there is-too much water in the
capitalisation and It wants interest on
money it never put into it. Now. there
were a number of extensions built out
in the different suburbs by the residents
there, that they might get to town, and
then later they were turned over to
the streetcar comparty, if It would run
them along with the city system. The
company added these free gifts to its
system, at a high figure, and now asks
the people to pay Interest on that, too.
And again, if this company raises the
rate it will not help any, for more peo
ple will buy automobiles and will ask
their friends to ride with them.
Let the company squeeze out the water
and subtract that part that others built,
and the city can buy the rest very
easily. C &; ATWATER,
Car Hiding Versus Home Owning
Portland, March 10. To the Editor of
The Journal Maa the public . service
commlsston, bearing toes Portland Rail
way, ; Light Power Company, case,
taken up the side of the car rider in re
gard to his ability, to pay the. proposed
increased fare of 8 cents? Would it not
be well for this body to consider well
the ever ' Increasing grocery bill? The.
working men and women are really the
ones who suffer most from this ever
rising standard of living. At the. same
time the street car owners and manage
ment well know that the .working peo
ple are their main supporters. They are
at the sauna time the most humble and
easily handled. The middle class read
rwatts Watt"? and. swallow the dose In
, homeopathic , style. while the 1 former
das usually swallow . tit dope In n
allopathic manner. - ' .v
Sinee the commissioners are to render
U-eir decision soon,- would It not be wise
for thera to jreigh well the facts, condl
pertaining Co those who have contributed
to make their business possible, if not
satisfactory to their selfish desires 'to
greater wealth , and .greater speculation?
The writer has given serious considera
tion to' getting out' On a small parcel
of land. primarHy to-establish a place
called "home," and incidentally to get
out and away from the clutches of the
downtown rent extortionist. In the
hope of attaining this end, what does
this Involve? Additional car fare, of
course ; posstbtyc am "tin Uszie" later. In
any. event, the wouM-be good citizen and
home builder Is wictly . up against a
snag.. The public convenience represent
atives are also said to be land dealers
and Investors in stocks, and "it pays to
advertise." RENT SLAVE.'
Declares 5-Cent Fare Is Enough
Portland,1 March 4. To the Editor of
The Journal I read with Interest you
editorials on the streetcar situation, I
notice from the figures you give of the
unnecessary expenses the .car rider t"
required to pay that thefe Is plenty of
room for a reduction of fare to 5 cents,
including transfer. I believe 6 cents is
the only reasonable, logical fare. Then
reduce the company's expenses until the
two meet, leaving a fair return to the
company.
Some prefer municipal ownership. I
believe both plans should be voted on
by the peopfe in May. I am opposed to
a raise in fares, as it will not cure the
disease. I say. 6 cents and put the bal
ance of the expense where it belongs Is
the only solution. I hope you will take
the necessary action. We are with you.
J. B. KING.
The Steel Trust Decision
Portland. March 5. To the Editor of
The Journal It Is a serious thing to
challenge the supreme court of the
Vnited States. It Is far more serious I
. . , . , kn tv... in,.o-ri,-u i
of the representative government or
dained and estabUshed by the people of J
the United States. Tour editorial to
day, "A Court Amuck," is correctly cap
tioned, and your comments thereunder
are amply justified if the steel trust de
cision turned upon the court's opinion of
the public interest Involved when de
termining whether a law duly enacted by
congress and approved by the president
should be operative, or If the court de
clared and held that as one of the bases
for its action. Before seeing the- text
of the decision I cannot bring myself to
believe so. But If it is so, there will
gather and break in this nation a storm
to which that raised by the Dred Scott
case was stage thunder. For if not.' then
we need fear no -more the heat of Bol
shevist raving or the furious rages of
ciass conscious fanatics ; we should be
dulled past recovery tb as radical a
change from above as any from below,
as destructive to the constitutional re
public of the United States. And this,
too, I will not believe, until coerced by
a silence which could only mean apathy
and death to our representative de
mocracy. C. S. R.
' c
The Covenant and the Constitution
Merlin. March 9. To the Editor of
The Journal A says Article X of the
League of Nations covenant, without
reservations, takes the power to declare
r out of congress' hands. B con
tends that such is not the case that
there is nothing in Article X that usurps
congressional power.
E. W. PRUITT.
A la wrona. The league covenant ia
pierely a-treaty. A treaty cannot auperaede the
constitution of the United SUtea.. The consti
tution Eire to congreu alon the power to
declare war. When we went to war with Ger
many, aa all remember, Preaident Wilson went
before congress tnd delivered hit famous war
speech. It wat cone reus, and congren alone.
that declared America to be in a state of war
against Germany.
Again, to make a treaty require onlr th
president and th ratification by the senate.
To change the constitution requires the con
sent of both honses of congress, th consent of
the president and the consent of three fourths
of the states of the- Union. Obviously, a treaty
entered into by the president and senate could
not change the constitution in the face of it
own provision requiring, tbe consent of both
houses and three fourths of the states.
Largest Cities
Monmouth, March 5. To the Editor
of The Journal What are the three
largest cities in the world and their
population according to the latest cen
sus? FANNIE STEINBERG.
New Tort 4,766,883, London 4,522,964,
Paris 2,888.000. Th fourth tnd fifth, in order,
are Tokio 2,832.000 and Chicago 2.185.288.1
Ari Appeal to Those Who Care
Portland. Feb. 25. To the Editor of
The Journal The writer had the pleas
ure of listening to your talk At 'the T.
M. C. A. on a recerjt occasion and takes
the liberty of writing to thank you for
jour efforts, but especially for the kindly
expression in alluding to the crippled ex
service man. I appreciate that it is such
as you who have helped to make the
present and the future brighter for any
thus handicapped. I venture to ask you
to please use your Influence for better
ing conditions for civilian cripples if
possible, as there is no organization
caring for their welfare as there is for
those returned young men pt the world
war, namely, the American Legion, and
many cripples struggle along and make
but a precarious livelihood. Some are
working at suitable work but some are
doing the heaviest kind of work. -1 am
the son of a Civil war veteran, now dead,
and am slightly deformed, being what is
usually termed humpbacked. I have
never haul a job as waiter, elevator man
cigar clerk or any similar position in
my life. I have always done the heavv
work, but at present cannot beg or
buy a "Job" or "position." I advertised
but received no reply. I found a ' job
at the Chamber of Commerce next day.
and worked there one week, when the
manager told me that If he kept me on
all his Japanese help would quit. But
for a week I went along and wrote to
friends, telling them about getting a
good job at last, as I mistakenly-believed
I was engaged for -880 a month, and
meals. The boss. said he would "like to
have all white help but they don't stick."
Well, every country has its quota - of
unskilled men, but it seems that tn this
country the foreigner is given prefer
ence, even to crowdings out cripples who
are unskilled or untrained for any suit
able work. An American unskilled man
would not be accorded preference .in any
other country, but might get an even
break, but here he is rejected. At least
if he is only a civilian he is up against
it. I was shipped here from Kansas
during the war to work In the shipyards.
ana nave oeen nere ever since, and have
managed to keep out of debt and a few
nickels ahead of the game. I have been
to the free employment bureau and the
T. M. C. A. innumerable times, but things
are very quiet, LUCKLESS.
Curious Bits of Information
For the Curious
Gleaned Ttora Curious Places
The first bookseller's catalogue In the
English language, so far 'as is known. Is
one bearing a date of 323 years ago. It
Was issued by Andrew HaunsoU of
Lotbury, England, ; , and , contains am
elaborate dedication to Queen Elizabeth.
The first booksellers In England .were
migratory peddlers, i who carried their
small Stock on their backs, and thus may
more ,. properly be called pioneer book
agents. In the course of time some of
thi more prosperous hawkers of litera
ture st up small stalls or booths and
thus became known - - as - "stationer a."
; 4 , COMMENT AND NEWS IN BfilEF : .
: - .!- SMALL CHANGE , ' I SIDELIGHTS
More care; fewer accidents.
e
.Dont forget the income tax statement.
..L,aJf.Kbr'akln5 onto 'front page
again, with a murder as usual
. ,
Add signs of spring: Display of bath
ing suits in a store window.
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Foolish people never put off till to
morrow, the troubles they can borrow
today.
. S.P"kan high school gtrls are pledged
to wear their old clothes. 'Twill be good
training against the day when they are
married women.
"Seventeen Democrats Join Lodge"--Headline.
And probably ss a little d!
version for the occasion, they will be
made to ride little donkey instead of
the customary goat
i
We notice the nam Hiinnia in ih
day's news dispatches, and It serves to
remind us .bow quickly we forget the fact
that at oneVhne we were nervous about
the bun being at the gate.
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YJ ho send for a shipload of these
yerboten" signs that used to 'be dis
played ail over Germany? They would
come in handy in this country, where
so many things are being forbidden.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
Enthusiastic in Its statement of Port
hind's population, yet replete with In
teresting information about the ctty and
state, likely to be valuable to the tour
ist trade of the coming summer, is the
tourist and shopping -guide prepared and
just : issued by the Greetera of Oregon,
an organization of hotel clerks. Aside
1,1 . '
gon acenery the new pamphlet, designed
where and by what route the scenic as
sets; of the state may be reached, and
maps out for the visitor a number of In
teresting trips of varied duration. The
booklet gives much attention to Port
land city parks and to the Columbia
river highway. The guides have been
n-aete available for free distribution to
sightseers at all looal and state hotels
where Greetera are on duty.
s
Detroit and her corporation presidents
are prominent on the Multnomah hotel
register for Wednesday, leading off with
the name of H. T. Ewajd. president of
the Campbell-Ewald company, advertis
ing agents, who Is here with Mrs. Ewald.
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Lame, the former
president of the United Motor Service
company, are registered from the Mich
igan center.
see
After spending most of the winter In
Southern California the "Flathers fam
ily": are at the Cornelius hotel en route
to their homes In Washington. Tn the
party are Mr. and Mrs. E. Prideaux, A.
B. prideaux and Mrs. F. M. Morris of
Spokane and Mr. and Mrs. John Flath
ers ; of Prescott, where they have large
ranch interests. Mrs. Flathers was
forced to pause at Portland In her jour
ney, because of Illness following an at
tack of influenza she suffered in Los
Angeles.
Alongside the road from Tillamook
to Barvlew and other coast resorts is
the town of Garibaldi, which, aside from
Its large sawmill, isn't much of a place i wen non rt v'- r
af all. The sawmill, its activity being ! P'"f the .Seward hotel while in Port
suspended, has recently attracted eastern 1 land.
capital and a revival of interest is under
way. When mill operation Is resumed i
Garibaldi will be on tbe upgrade, be- i
lieve its few residents, among whom is j
A. E. Hubert, a Wednesday guest at the
Imperial hotel.
A number of other presidents are find-
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
r.,. 4... ... -r, r thinei Ur Locklay
today rehearses brieftj the biography of Mother
Goom. He also diacuwes th etymology of Mug
wump" aad tn nomenclature of certain . war
eraltl
Probablv not one reader of The Jour
nal in 100 could tell, offhand who EUaa-
beth Foster was ; yet every journal
rcxtder knows of her. for her name is a
household word all over the world. Hhe
was born In Boston In 165 and died at
the ripe old age of 92. mourned by cnu
dren, grandchildren and great-grand-
children. In 192 she married Isaac
Vergoose, who soon dropped the Ver
from his name and became plain Isaac
Goose. She used to sing her children
to sleep with old nursery rhymes she
had heard as , a girl, many of which
were in use in Shakespeare' a time. Her
children liked them so much that she
made up rhymes and jingles and Sang
them, too. By. the time she had a gdbd
sized brood of grandchildren she had
composed hundreds Of Jingles. When
she was 84 her -son-in-law, Thomas
Fleet, published a collection of her
rhvmes. This first edition became
known as ""Mother Goose's Melodies for
the Nursery." Some of the rnymes aate
bacit to the time of Chariemagne. and
It Is said, the mother of Charlemagne,
who was very fond of children, com
posed some of the songs the mothers
of i today sing to their children. 8lnee
the Mother Goose melodies were first
published. 201 years ago, millions of
children have learned to recite them.
The most "of them are confessedly non
sense, yet? in many of them there ia
sound philosophy. For example, where
will you find sounder aenae than in this
jingle: "For every evil under the sun
thers Is a remedy or therer is none. ' If
there be one try and find It. If there
be none never mind it"? '
i
Annie Laurie is another real charac
ter. Annie was tbe daughter of Sir
Robert Laurie, of the Mawrweltons.
Douglas Finland was deeply in love
with her and composed the song that
has been sung around the world, about
1700. Lady Jane Scott set his words
to Imuslc. It would be pleasant to tell
how her lover, Douglas, wooed and won
her and how they lived happily ever
after, but one must stick to the facts,
and the facts are that, though Douglas
wooed her, bis rival in love, Alexander
Furguson. won her. and Annie Laurie
of Maxwelton became Mrs. Alexander
Ftutguson.
j a a a.
l heard two men on the Mount Tabor
cat discussing presidential possibilities.
This la the origin of the word stationer,
now generally applied to dealers . In
"stationery, which haa come to mean
writing material, paper, pens, ink and
similar articles. Booksellers in England,
were for centuries treated aa near-criminals
and subjected to many restrictions,
which were mot wholly removed until
1768. The booksellers of both England
and America now have powerful asso
ciations, the former dating from MJS.-
Uncle Jeff Snow Says :
'. This Idea that it pays to send out a
automobile to git children to school may
be some expensive on the taxpayers, but
most likely it pays in the long run. With
movie pictures throwed in. too. the kids
had orter be wlllln' enough. When I waa
a kid we walked four mile and the only
movin' pictures weaver seen wa when
Folks who are coming back to t Bend
now after spending January and Febru
ary In California, thd Press saya. are
getting all the winter end has had.
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The Med ford Mart fTrtbune's Smudge
Pot man. who ought to be close to the
fruit situation, says I "Fruit experts
say present indicatiorai point to a crop
failure. This assures! the heaviest crop
on record."
se
The Southern Pacific the Ashland
Tidings reports, lif faking Important
additions to Its working facilities on
the mountain. The White Point trestle
at Siskiyou is practleally finished and
the company Is Increasing all Its pass
ing, tracks on the mountain to allow
for more room for lafger trains.
I
This event, most extraordinary for the
season, was reported in the .Astoria
Budget of March -3 : ;a fire which slatt
ed in the thick ferns on the hillside near
Astor Court gave the residents of the
west end of the city a: scare last evening
and the fire department was -called out.
as It was feared that the blase, which
as being fanned by a light wind, would
reach some of the residences. One of
the trucks from Noj 4 engine house
quenched the blaze before any damage
was done." i
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Inp shelter from threatening storms at
the Multnomah hotfl. They include
John A. Serger of t. Paul,, president
of the Serger Refrigerator company,
here with Dr. M. M. Ghent, prominent St
Paul physician ; C Parker Holt, vice
president of the Hott Bros, company of
San Francisco, here with" Mrs; Holland
J. C. Freeman, president, and everything,
of tbe dry goods stere that bears hts
name at Moro, Sherman county. Free
man Is looking over Wholesale stocks in
the city.
I
Mrs. O. E. Irwin anf Mrs. H. TL Worth
are guests at the Imperial hotel while
spending a few days! in trie city. Mrs.
Worth ia the Wife of the owner of one
of the Linn county city's leading de
partment stores. From the same town
Is Dr. Elmer C. GIpe, who is stopping
at the Seward. - as is: John A. Shaw of
Albany.- Dr. Gipe conducts a private
sanitarium at Albany.
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The Boylen ranch, lout of Echo, Uma
tilla county, Is the jiangout of H.. W.
Dobyns. who is stopping at the Per
kins hotel. Dotoynsl writes a dainty
Spencertan that thoroughly belies the
mental picture of ar Echo rancher.
E. - E. Calvin, vic5 president of the
I'nion Pacific system; .in charge of oper
atton. la. with Mrs. Calvin, a guest at the
Portland hotel while in Portland on offi
cial business. With the partj headed by
Calvin are Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Huntley,
Z. V. Guild and C. T. Conaltm. Huntley
is chief engineer of the Union Taclflc
system.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Tucker de
parted on Monday for San Francisco.
where the former will confer with East
ern officials of the company for whose
Northwestern branch he Is manager.
C. H. Castner and E. B. Clark are
Mr. ana mrs. . n.
Lamb and W. H. Lamb of Virginia City,
Mont. ; Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Ml,ett 4
r"ierre, a. v., anu u. auu . v.. .
Rmith of Clinton. Iowa, are -In a party
of tourists registered at the Multnomah
hotel during a brief stay in Portland.
Lockley
One was objecting to Herbert Hoover
because he did not declare whether he
was -a Republican or a. Democrat The
other aaid. "I don't care if he If a mug
wump. He can deliver the goods, and
what we need Tight now la a business
man who can help cure our Industrial
unrest" '
Those Republicans who, hack in 1884,
refused to work for Blaine and sup
ported Cleveland because of his stand
Oh civil service. Were derisively termed
"Mugwumps." but not. one iu 1000 who
used this term of rrproach knew they
were calling the bolting Republicans
"loaders." or "chiefs" ; yet that is the
literal meaning of the Algonquin word.
Genesis 3$ :15 reads, "These wore dukes
of the sons of Esau, the sons of Eliphas,
the firstborn son of Esau." -When., tn
1661, John Eliot translated ' the Bible
Into an Algonquin tongue he used the
Algonquin word "mugwump" for "duke?
to convey the meaning of leadership,
as the word In the Indian tongue sig
nified a chief, or leader.
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The soldiers who served In the Euro
pean war had the pleasing custom of
naming the guns they served, and like
wise their tanks and airplanes. I hsve
often gone down the line where a fleet
of these ungainly land battleships, the
tanks, were assembled, and read , their
names. They ranged all the way from
Betsy and Hellralser to Ajax. Hercules
and other mythological names. One of
the English lads had named his com
bat plane "Al Borak.h Do you remem
ber how. as a boy, you were fascinated
with A I Borak, that marvelous steed
who bore Mohammed on his nocturnal
rides from Mecca to Jerusalem and even
to , the seventh heaven? The English
aviator showed , imagination. Let ua
hope that if a Hun got him. he and
his winged steed had the same privilege
the original Al Borak enjoyed : that Is.
of going to heaven. The Mohammedans
believe certain animals are admitted to
heaven, including Mohammed's steed,
Al Borak ; the dog Krattm. belonging
to the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus ; the
ass that reproved Balaam the prophet ;
the 'ant spoken of by Solomon, which
reproved the sluggard : the whale that
saved the prophet Jonah : the ram of
Israel offered -as a sacrifice y Abra
ham in place of hs son. Isaac; the
pamel of Saleb, the cuckoo of Belkls,
the ox of Moses and the ass on which
the Savior rode into Jerusalem. If the
Mohammedan , are right, Mrs, Frink
Swan ton of tbe Humane society, and
others who. love animals, will not be
lonesome In heaven.
j a boy broke away from the school marm
1 and she give chase.
Olden Oretron
Father De Smet Came in 1844 to Es
tablish Schools and Missions.
' In 1144 Father De Smet arrived in the
bark Indefatigable from Antwerp, ac
companied by four priests, several lay
brothers and six sisters of otre Dame
de Namur, for the purpose of establish
ing schools -in the Willamette valley and
Indian missions in the more remote parts
of the territory The sisters took possession-
of a convent erected, for them on
French prairie, called SLy Marys, and
opened a school for girls. A boys' col
lege named Josephs waa 'already In
operation under the charge of th Rev.
J, B. Boldue, wbo came from Canada by
sea in 1S4J.
Thr Oregon Country:
Kortl.r Htppenlnn n Brief ron for UM
Bitty Readtr ;
OREOON NOTES
oiftifil. spared for a com-
ss.t:ai?,bT on th.nw 1fB
?fP wJles in Klamath . and Laka I
counties will h eombated by strict In-
spection and dipping. '
TmaJ!iPfon,,s.,vho P"ded guilty "at .
Tillamook to ihe charge of operating
a atill, waa fined 2o. ,
The construction or a station of the
fiJ?Ua2 l, Port 0rford oppoaed by ?
funda oVclala on account of a lack of -J;
The University of Oregon has won the s
cnampionnnip notti In the Northwest it
ternational and the Pacific coast debal
lrtar Uarnu -
Two banking institution of La J
e1,,? how " i!iorea in tie poult f
of $133,400 for the months of January
and February. ,
At least one new salmon cannery Is ' i
to be erected at Astoria this yt-ar by
the Point Adams Packing company. It
will be in operation by May 1.
Development work on a quicksilver
mine near Gold Hill shows, it is m-'
ported, a large deposit of cinnabar ore .
which runs 60 per cent mercury.
Under a ruling Issued by the Southern -
Paeifft. Salem will no longer be. head-
quarters for a district freight agent, who
umm -uveu irausiei reo o liiugene.
Senator Potndexler. candidate for the
Republican nonilrK'lori f.r nresMent Is : .
Jilannlng a tour of Oregon early In May, , ;
ust prior to the primary election. : ,-':
Because he haa 11 children to support
Frank K. Parrlsh of Lebanon was fined -only
$25 when he pleaded guilty to the
charge of unlawfully having liquor In his
posaesslon.
C. W. Swallow of Oregon City haa "
contracted with the Phe company to
soil his crop of strawberries for iSJO arid -1M21.
-The price for the 1S20 crop Is at
the rate of $160 a ton and for the 1921
crop 140 a ton.
A special election to have been held
at Baker" April 10 hsH been cancelled
by the city commiswloners. The vote
was to have been on a bond Issue of .
$52,000 for improving the city water sys- ',
tern and fire station. -
No word has yet been received of the
whereabouts of It. Clay Crawford, who ;
is wanted at Hood River on a charge -of
misappropriating funds obtained -from
high school students for the purchase w
of band Instruments. j
DlHContlnuartoe of the wool auctions a
a method of disposing of 'surplus stock ,.-
held by the war department until the v
market is In better shape to absorb the
wool Is urged by the National Wool
Growers' association.
Because of the failure of Douglas
county officials to serve an Injunction
Contractor Hlldeburn has been Instruct
ed to proceed with the work of making
a new grade for the Pacific highway
between Myrtle creek and Canyonvllle,
WASHINGTON
Walla Walla Elks are planning a high
Jinks for March IS when 71 candidates
will be Initiated.
Five boys arrested at Vancouver for
gambling in a poolroom were fined 25
cents and costs each.
Twice married to each other and twine
divorced is the record of Mr. and Mra.
William Martin of Walla Walla.
At the Washtucna school election. C. 8. s
Bassett and A. J. Johnson were tied for.
director, each receiving 20 votes.
Marvin II. Thomas of Tlelon has sold
his R7 acre tract to H. N. Vanderllp 'of
Seattle for 823,000. Ten acres are In al- .
falfa.
The' state armory at Yakima will be
Improved. Bettermenta to cost approxi
mately $5000 have been authorised by the
adjutant general. -
Unofficial returns of school district
elections in Yakima county show that In i
every Instance proposals to Increase
teachers' salaries hve turrled.
The school district of Rldgefleld haa -voted
bonds lo btilid an addition lo th ,
schools. About $24,000 will be required.
This will be equal to a four mill levy.
Yakima Irrigation district comprising
40.000 acres In Naches. Wenas, East Be
lah and Moree has been created by the
unanimous vote of landowners In those
sections. t
Resignation of Thomas F. Murphine as
superintendent of public utilities of B
attle is expected to be announced In a
few days as a result of the recent city
election.
The overhauling and repairing of the
sawmill at Cascades in Skamsnls county ,
Is being made and. operations will soon -begin.
The mill has a daily, capacity of
60,000 feet
On a charge of stealing and selling Ills '
own cow Robert J. Aaron of Morton has ,
been placed In the Lewis county Jail. His .
wife made the charge when he sold the
family cow.
IDAHO -i
Reclamation officials have set in mo--tlon
machinery which will bring about
a final clean up of Carey act lands on
the Idaho KlngIlll project.
James B. Scott, national forest Inspec
tor, Is In Boise for the purpose of hold- .
lng a conference relative to Ihe preven
tion of fires Jn the timber areas.
OneFbeneflclal result of the December
cold spell noticed at Lewlttlop Is the .
eradication of a large amount of San
Jose scale, .from 80 to 0 per cent.
A. M. Henry, a, farmer living near
Kampa. haa Been fined $75 and coals f
for leaving the carcass of a horse within
a quarter of a rrrile of the public high
way. The disappearance of S. .T. Oliver, a ,
farmer, living near King Hill, has be
come a mystery. He was last seen about
a week ago. It is feared he may hava
wandered to the river near by and been
drowned. '
The Journal's Anti-Pistol
Crusade Brought Ban
Upon That Traffic
la there anything more vicious In
the wrong hands than a-revolver,
In the acrid smoke that curls from
Its menacing muc-sle on pictures the
stealthy midnight assassin,. the tri
angular tragedy, the bloody deeds of
rage and the homes that have been
shattered by hate.
Its uses to serve the purposes of
malevolence, crime and revenge are
tenfold more numerous than Its em
ployment for proper and reasonable
protection. And how often Is the sad
explanation repeated about the fire
arm discharged by careless or mis
chievous hands. "I didn't know it waa,
loaded"? S
You will find that The Journal In
dicted - irresponsible . apd malicious
ownership of revolvers a doeen years
ago. It condemned the promiscuous
sale of weapons that could bet cong,
sealed with evil Intent or placed where
accident could discharge them.
Today the man who wishes to own
a revolver must apply In writing to'
the munJcljal judge for a permit. His
application must be Indorsed by two
reputable property Owners who vouch
fof the good character of; the applicant.-
It must be clearly shown that
his duties or. necessities are of such
nature as to 'Warrant his purchasing
and carrying a revolver. The judge
takes under advisement the question
of granting tb application and is
suing a license even after the in
dorsement has. been filed. The ven
dor of - revolvers must also -be li
censed. By noon of the day follow
ing the vendor must report to . th
police any sale. The other day a man
who inserted an advertisement offer
ing a revolver for sale waa arrested
because he had no -vendor's license.
. The law, of course, hasn't curad
tha revolver evil. But' it followed
The Journal's insistence for a pre
cautionary measure and is a mark of
progress. . ' - -
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