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t - t A i s 3 1 AS BiDEPESMniT KKW8P1PEH O. 8. MCMON..:i . Publisher Ba calm, be sonfident, be cheerful Md do ante cflwn m roe, woma p" mam no jom pnbUsM ry imk r end Bandar aaerntas. M TM JOOrOU PUIMint. wmiwii ua Mil street. Vortlend, Ortioc Entered at the Postofflce at Portland. On, foe tnnnmlarfoa throng tba mail M wcood laaa uttof. TXlEsfKlXKH Uais 7 ITS, Automatic 60-a 1. All depart roiu mched by thy mmbw. rOHEION ADVERTISING BEFRESENTATTVE Benjamin Kcatner Co.. Brunswick Buildins, 22 Tilth arenas, New York; 00 Mailers Bulldlnc. Chicsfo. - BUBSCBIPTIO RATES By carrier, city and oountry. DAILY AND SUNDAY Uiu weak. ( .1 DAILY Om weak $ .10 Dim Bonta 45 Om month S .88 BUNDAx Ob wee...... .08 BY MAIL, ALL, RATES PAYABLE Ut ADVANCE DAILY AND SUNDAY One year IS. 00 bU Bonthi 4.25 DAILY V (Without Sunday) One year 16.00 Six montha. .... S.25 Three months. 1.75 Um swnth ' .00 WEEKLY (Erere Wednesday) On year ll.OO Six months 60 Three month. On month , , .I2.3S . .76 SUNDAY (Only) - One rear IS. 00 Six month. .... 1.78 Three month.. . 1.00 WEEKLY AND SUNDAY One year 18.80 The rate apply only in tha Wert. Rate to Eastern points famished on applica tion. Make remittance by Money Order, Express Order, or Draft. If roar poetoffiee is not a Money Order Office, 1 or 2 -cent 'tamp will be aeecpttd. Mak all remittances payable, to The Journal, Portland, Oregon. He wjio ellmba abort tha care of thu world and turns his faoe to Ms God has found the sunny side of life. Spurgeon, THE MONET SCANDAL A SCANDAL has already appeared la the presidential campaign There are allegations of a prodigal use of money. It Is contemporaneous with the conviction of Newberry and his sen tence to two years In the peniten tiary for corrupt use of money in the Michigan senatorial election. It is notable in the latter case that among the convicted defendants is a so-called "legislative agent" who went from New York to help N'cw- berry in the election. What business had a New York "legislative agent" on a salary supposed to be around $50,000 a year, out in Michigan to tell people there what senator they should elect T The allegations are that the money now in use In the presidential cam paign is supplied from New York and other Eastern financial centers. Statements to that effect have been made on the floor of the United States senate. To make such a state ment In such a place at such a time and under such circumstances re quires an authority and responsibil ity of information that is scarcely to be questioned. If it is all true, what is to be in ferred? Have, the enormous profits of the war made the new crop of war millionaires money mad? Have their enormous gains since the armistice filled the profiteers with the idea that with money they can buy control of the American government and the American people and American af fairs? That is not at all unlikely. Once snch elements had a powerful hold on the government of. the. United States. Theodore Roosevelt in his time did a great deal to focus public attention upon the power of money In government. He pointed tjo what he called "swollen fortunes and crimes of cunning." and denounced "both. In 1912 he led a revolt In his party and headed the Progressive movement. He did a great deal to loosen the hold of the great financial centers unon - the affairs of government, j Since, that time money has not been able to control elections to any con- i slderable extent. Indeed, in 1916, the "West broke away from the East and i elected a president without the aid JT, of New York and the great financial ,2 s. States grouped immediately about that Imperial commonwealth. " Perhaps the stage is being set now I for the profiteers to come back. If 5 the allegations as to money now being prodigally spent in the presidential I primaries are true, what else can It mean than that the brigadiers of fi nance and the privilege hunters and parasites and politicians are to make a desperate effort to gain control of the government and that it will be bought with cold cash if that can be done? T could not vote with a party if It were dominated by groflps who seek to set aside our constitutional guar antees for free speech or free repre sentation, who hope to establish con trol of the government for profit and privilege,", said Herbert Hoover In a recent public statement. Did Mr. Hoover . then see the mobilizing of the forces of profit and privilege for the coming election? Were his -words a warning signal to the people and a defy tothev groups that seek "control of. the government for profit and privilege"?, 'AVas this warning dec ar J, ration the Treasbri. , why Mr, Hoover i was denounced by Penrose? , With their loot In" their arms, the . war . profiteers .'ar e now demanding that .excess profit taxes be removed. 1 ' Their.:, propaganda Is being .spread l broadcast throughout "the country. The malls are laden with it.' Is It the plan to buy'the presidency; and congress, " remove the ; excess profits tax ana then, as usual, compel the great plain multitude of Americans with their mites, o pay for U.e war? Would not the game be worth the candle since we" know that one Port land concern profited so heavily from the war that It paid an excess profits tax of more than $4,500,000 in a single year? ' i : . Newberry bought his senatorsbip while hiding, bis corrupt opera tions under a slogan of "Ameri canism." Beneath, a camouflage of high sounding expressions is the black flag of profits and privilege to float over the national capital as a result of the use of money in the coming election? ; Not if the American people are given a fair chance to know the facts. The people know that the profiteers will, if they win, j get back through con trol of government thousands of dol lars for every dollar . of corrupt money they pay out in elections. Maybe Mayor Baker, now that the milk war has been put up to him, for arbitration, known how the dim pled milkmaid feela la the cold gray dawn of a raw March morning. ITS GREAT SERVICE DO YOU know that the Portland Young Women's Christian Asso ciation is a house of friendship ' for girls of every creed or color? That no girl is ever turned away for lack of money? That employment was secured in the past year for 3309 girls and women? That 7479 girls we're -housed, 300 of them being without funds? That 65 transients can be accommo dated each night, and that rooms in the association building can be had at 35 cents' a night? That an industrial department was launched .last October and that 6743 girls must be reached by this depart ment the coming year? That the Travelers' Aid secretary served 8857 men and women (elderly or sick) girls and children arriving at Portland railway stations and boat landings? That the cafeteria serves well cooked, wholesome food at a mini mum cost? Y. W. C. A. girls are learning new meanings of friendliness and new ways of service and cooperation. Are training for sejf-support and self-development in Y. W. C. A. edu cational classes under expert teachers. Are preparing for a world-wide service in the time of national and world need. t ' Are being helped to find the work best suited to them and to secure or better their positions. Are learning to conserve health and strength by sane living, and increase both through systematic exercise. Are enjoying the swimming pool to the' utmost and walking, jumping and diving into it by hundreds. Are developing team work in self governing clubs with constructive programs varied according to age and range of interests. Are finding homes at reasonable rates and vacation suggestions suited to every taste. Are enjoying the freedom of the library and reading rooms. Are including Bible instruction, world fellowship and social service In their associatioh program. Are asking friendly advice about personal problems or are helping "younger sisters." Are working together on the broad basis of Christian womanhood to realize for all women the ideal of abundant life. When an organization meets the conditions of the times and progresses with the times, performing a serv ice which is necessary and useful to society generally, it feadily receives the support of the community. Al most half a century ago the Young Women's Christian Association sprang into being through the efforts of a small group Of "womenr devoted to girlhood. Since that time it has grown steadily, helping the girls of each generation to meet successfully the conditions of the day. . t Every organization must perform a useful service if it is to grow, for society tVIll refuse to maintain it if it fail9 to be useful to society. When an organization has survived and grown for a long period of years, we may be sure that it has won its posi tion by performing a service useful and necessary. That, in a word, explains the con tinued, ever increasing growth of the Young Women's Christian Association. The organization is four fifths self supporting. But there is another fifth. It Is the ' girl, still wholesome and sound, who is without means and must be taken care of by some agency or somebody before she falls victim to the wolves of society. She is the girl who, If saved, remains a wholesome and .cleansing influence, but who, unsaved, imay touch destruc tively and contamlnatingly hundreds of lives and bring regret and sorrow into as many homes. If the Y. W. C A. reanhes out and conserves one such girl, "how much is the service not worth to many a pareni in whose home there is son or daughter ripe to be pulled down to the lower levels of the social strata. The more saved girls, the mere of them that are met when they come to the city and taken into circles where they will be secure from . the influences that ever -pull down, the more wholesome is the life of a city, the better its social atmosphere and the stronger will be its next genera tion. , " , There is no better business propo sition than an investment in social welfare. .When there Is an agency through which v you ean ' buy clean living for young people and-a safe? guarded girlhood, you can find Ho Investment . that will pay , you 1 and your community , better dividends' or a larger interest - j - : "The drive for $40,000 which the Portland Y. ;W. C. A. Is to conduct this week is credentialed by 50 years of 'glorious servloe and approved by the best Impulses in the .human heart. Dr. Gelger, xperf. from the health bureau at . Washington, ; says he thinks he haa trailed .botuUtls, which we have thought grew In olves, to the humble porker. .That ought to help reduce the high cost of pork, as It did the high price of olives. CONSERVATIVE FIGURES THE conservative character of esti mates made of the revenue to be derived from the gasoline tax for state highway improvement is shown in the report of the secretary of state for the past year. The amount from this source from February 26, 1919, to March 1, 1920, is approximately $391, 000. This is largely in . excess of the estimate made at the time the law was enacted, which was between $250,000 and $300,000. The same conditions will be found in the case of the motor vehicle li censes which are overrunning the esti mates. These facts jhow that no mistake was made in the Oregon system of indirectly financing road construction out of the automobile revenues" and give confidence that they can be fur ther capitalized without danger of leading to direct taxation. In the argument for the pending constitutional amendment to raise the-l limit of state road indebtedness from 2 to 4 per cent, i. will be noted that the amortization table is a very con-1 servative one. Since the registration law was put in effect in 1911 the in crease in registrations has been over 30 per cent.- If this percentage is maintained the number this year would reach 110,000. But it is noted that the table Is based on only 105,000. The same conservatism in making estimates Is preserved up to 1929, when the number is placed at 200,000, Beyond 1929 .there is an ultra con servatism in calculation, no allowance being made for any increase in the number of vehicles, which is kept at the 200,000 mark. Thus it is shown that without pro vidiag for an increase that may be reasonably expected a total issue of forty million dollars which will be the limit on a 4 per cent basis of assessed valuation, can be carried and a surplus of nearly four million dol lars be left at the end of the bond period after the payment of Interest and principal. If killings go on, present rates of speed In cities will have to be re duced. That will be demanded by the public unless fatal accidents be come fewer. Meanwhile, there should be in Portland a largeriforce of traffic police. The present traf fic force is so few in number as to make it impossible for them to control traffic. A CHANGED COMPLEXION SEATTLE, Tacoma and the Wash ington public service commission labor under the delusive conviction that to historicize is to canonize. The rail rate over the mountains between the Inland Empire and Puget sound Is historical. Therefore it is sacred, Therefore it should not be disturbed. Such pleasant course of contention will be followed by the northern in terests when the interstate commerce commission permits oral argument of the Columbia basin rate case at Wash ington, D. C, on April 17. Their briefs and the news reports from Puget sound and the national capital agree that the history of the rate structure which has been assailed by Inland Empire shippers and the upper ports of the Columbia will con stitute the chief defense by Seattle and Tacoma, with the Washington public service commission, forgetful of its duty to Eastern and Southern Washington, chiming in on a "me, too", refrain. From times now historic, Seattle and Tacoma, despite the mountain wall that separates them from the interior, have enjoyed the same rates as the ports of the Columbia. What matter if such a parity was due in the beginning to violation of economic law and a transgression of every rule which declares that the charge for transportation service shall be pro portionate to the cost of rendering that service? The wrong was com mitted so long ago and ft has been used to such profit in the expansion of the ports of Puget sound that it would be wrong now to right the original wrong. And when, asks Pu get ' Sountd with shrewd casuistry, did two wrongs ever- make a right ? The Interstate commerce commis sion will know "when," and by its decision, rather than by the sharp practice of our northern neighbors, we will be content to abide. The complexion of the Columbia basin rate case will be seen to have changed not a little when the oral argument begins in Washington. Since the railroads have been returned to private operation, the director gen eral of the railroad administration will cease, for all practical purposes, to be the chief defendant. C. A. Hart, who conducted the railroad adminis tration's side of the action with recog nized ability, will appear at the next hearing as counsel for the northern lines. The director general will no longer be represented by or have need of an attorney. .. .The issue has narrowed, thus,- to i-direct contest between the northern ports and the ..railroads on one side and the shippers of the interior and the ' ports of ' the Columbia . on the other. 1 " The modified ' situation ; gives the O-W. R.d. N. company an oppor tunity to" perform an act of expected gratitude-for the region and the conv munities that made it- The O-W. R A N. has been appearing as a de fendant. ' It could not better serve its .own; competitive Interests )w than to come in as a friend rathei than an opponent of the recognition of the water grade. By eliminating certain Sunday features, five New York newspapers found that In the aggregate they saved more than 32S tons of news print paper each week. Nor is it likely that the public missed the paarts eliminated. It inn't the bulk, but the character of the contents that makes the paper. THE ROGUE RIVER ARMISTICE THE message that amity has been restored between the commercial salmon fishermen and the anglers of Rogue river will affect Southern Ore gon much as the armistice quieted the nations engaged in the world war. Since 1877 the controversy between the -commercial interests and the sportsmen has waged. It has influ enced policies, and policies not only of the Rogue river section but of the entire state. It has divided towns. It has inspired unending flow of mili tant oratory at pubUo meetings and legislative sessions. It has affected a great tourist and recreational asset as well as an Important phase of the commercial fishing industry. The agreement reached by the sportsmen of Medford and Ashland with Roderick Macleay as chief of the commercial interests, seems to have been signed and scaled by the parties at interest. It Involves a shortening of the commercial fishing season so that the sportsmen will enjoy more of the silverside salmon as well as the steelhead fishing. All seines and set nets are to be elimi nated and use is to be made exclu sively of the drift nets. The area in which commercial fishermen will op erate at the mouth of the Rogue will be shortened from 26 to 12 miles. Such a pleasant eventuation of a persistent controversy Is, indeed, gratifying, and the acknowledgment from Southern Oregon that President Price of the Anglers' club and Presi dent Van Duzer of the Chamber of Commerce are entitled to much credit for the adjustment is an agreeable tribute to citizens who are custom arily active in affairs of public in terest " FRIENDS OF THE COW OREGON dairymen seem to be planning to get more cream for their bankbooks by charging less for the cream in their bottles. It will be a happy condition if it works out that way. The milk and dairy business has been In a bad way, resultant from many causes. Abnormal feed costs, unusual labor costs, excessive ma terial and machinery prices have run the prices up to the consumers of milk and milk products while at the same time they have narrowed, and, in many instances, wiped out the margin of profit to the producers. Dairy herds have been depleted and disposed of, supply has fallen off, dairymen hav become discouraged, and sp has the public when it has paid the monthly toll levied on baby's bottle and the butter roll. Now the dairymen intend, by organ ization and by systemizatlon of their industry to take up the loose points in their business, eliminate the causes of waste and loss, and, as a result, reap added profit at a less cost to the consumer. The milk business, they tell us, is a "peak production" business without any present method adequate for the handling of the load, a condition which breeds waste and loss of out put during a portion of the year with consequent average loss when the books are closed in January. Spring time brings abundant pas tures and abundant milk supply which the average demand can not absorb. It results' in wastage and loss. The dry months of summer and the barren days of winter demand big .invest ment In feed and consequent Increase in overhead and operating expenses, spellinj loss. Dairymen are now planning to make provision by whioh the peak produc tion can be absorbed by canneries, condensaries, aud butter and cheese factories, thus taking care of the sur plus over and above the normal and consistent demand for fresh milk and cream. The salvaging of this waste is ex pected to bridge the difference be tween profit and loss, and to make it possible at the same time to bring the consumer's cost down for the benefit of the general buying public- So far as Portland is concerned, however, there is still an angle to th3 business that the dairymen do not seem to have provided for, und that is the cost of distribution. If statis tics previously a gathered are correct, it costs more to distribute milk and cream to the consumers In Portland than it does to produce them. A multiplicity of delivery systems, each serving the same territory, cross and recross each other, where some sys tematized and cooperative plan of de livery would result in an enormous saving of overhead, equipment and operating cost which could welt bring profit up and selling price down. If the dairymen who are serving Portland, could evolve a plan that would eliminate- that overcost it would go a rcjbg way towards closing the gap between prosperity for them selves' and contentment for their patrons: ' - " . . WORK IS ; A SAVIOR - "Devils of Sloth and Selfish Esse" Thereby Cast Out, and There Are None Worse Than These. While a man has work to do he is safe against most dangers. Work tuts the hours that might - be worse than wasted. . It is the harmless opiate for sorrow. It la a distraction that, if not overdone. Is remedial and merciful. A maut who .has been long idle, caui pray for no better fate than to be busy. If he Is good for anything, he Is made ut terly wretched by having nothing to do. -. Much pity 'is wasted on those who work haurd. Hard work is not a curse, bat a downright blessing. The work man as he develops skill and science in his craft feels a creative Joy In his be ing; and his doing that is a supreme sat isfaction. He finds new powers that he did not know he bad. The old capaci ties of which he was aware are ex panded and Intensified. He learns to do by doing. He constantly surprises him self by an achievement of which he did not know he was capable. We have all seen the youthful pilgrim on the way of life who had not found himself. He tried many things And n some perhaps attained a slender profi ciency. But nothing quite seemed to suit him. He seemed in danger of squan dering his gifts by diffusion. He "scat tered his fire." His versatility became almost a curse. Then suddenly he came upon his true bent he found the thine; he could do to particular useful purpose. Thereupon lie was transformed. From being the disdainful, doubtful "trifler" he became the specialist, of determined concentration. His objective was fixed and his course was set straight for it. Each day he made progress toward the end in view. He realized at last the purpose for which he was put into the world, and he was happy. Such a man is passing on the salvation he has him self received. His example Is a stirring object-lesson Every strong man raises up a train of disciples whose names he does not know, whose faces he has never seen. They argue: "He overcame pri vation and discouragement. I can ' do the same. He worked when he did not feel like it. There is no reason why I should not cast out the devils of sloth and selfish ease, even as he expelled them." . In determining and then following his own laborious course in life a man is not merely saving himself, but help ing to save those with whom his influ ence counts. Half the tjme we do bet ter and bra.ver things than we other wise) would because of the Influence of one for whom we care. The inspiring Incentive has a result that mystifies us, when we thought we knew our own na tures SO well. Standing alone in the world, we might fall ; but aloneness is one of the impos sibilities. We never live to ourselves. There is always a cloud of witnesses, though these may be unseen. They ex pect something of us, and we are bound not to disappoint the expectation. We know not what shall be the flower and the fruit of the word or the deed of the moment. We only know that wo must labor while it still Is day, for the sake not of self but of all. Letters From the People t Communications sent to Tha Journal for publication in .this department should be written on only on aide of the paper, should not exceed 300 wotds in lvnath and must be aimed by the writer wbone mail address ra lull must aocoj pan 7 the oootribution. CALLS 8 -CENT CRY A TRICK. Portland, March 19. To the Editor of The Journal J. A Wilson's article in yesterday's Journal is full of food for thought. I would like to enlarge on It somewhat I do not believe the Port land Railway, Light A Power company really -wants .to make the suicidal move to an .S-centl fare, and all this noise about an 8-cent fare is simply to drive the people to compelling the city to take off the bridge tolls, street paving between tracks and free rides for city employes, and when these are granted we shall hear no more of the 8-cent fare. Now I learn it has been stated many times.- both privately and publicly, that the Portland Railway, Light & Power company made In 1918" something like a million dollars in profits off the power and light departments, and I have heard no denial from Mr. Griffith or anyone else. I understand both departments al ways have belonged and now belong to the same company, and no division except for the purpose of juggling the profits. And how? By successfully and systematically milking the carline department, for power and light, clear beyond its income, then yelling bankruptcy,-receivership and other calamities unless the company gets more money, and It is not very particular who it gets it from, so it gets -it. W. P. Strandborg, editor of Watts Watt, that great educator of the dear people along corporation lines, comes out in The Journal of March 17 with a long list of cities having over the 5 cent fare, and from it one might con clude that almost every city in the United States had from S-cent o 8 and 9-cent fares. Now, my son has been traveling most of the time for the last two years over the states south and west of Chicago. Returning from South ern California March 12, he told me he found no street car fares in his travels above S cents except In Portland, and many places sre using steam generated power, too, though here it is mostly water power. Hence the water got mixed up with the stock, and that kind of water comes rather high as a rule. C J. McLaln. U. a EMPLOYMENT SERVICE Portland, March 25. To the Editor of The Journal Your issue of March 20 contained an editorial which commended the work of the United States employ ment service, stating that "the employ ment department is one of the govern ment's most excellent features." and that "at a cost of $1.1?" each, paid by the gov ernment, the federal employment service found jobs for more than 6,000,000 men end women." To clear up a general misapprehension, it may be stated that the $1.34 includes the cost of installing the service. The actual cost of placing each person, ex cluding the original investment in equip ment, would be nearer 34 cents. Had the service been allowed to continue under an economical peacetime basis, this $1.24 , would have been materially re duced, as the installation cost would be spread over a longer period. Owing to the failure of congress to provide funds, this necessary service has ceased active operations, though continuing to cooperate with state and municipal employment systems through one representative in each state and the use of .its furniture, equipment and supplies. In lieu of a federal employment sys tem, it is now up to each state to pro vide its own. system, the appropria tion for which will be matched by fhe federal - government should the pending Kenyon-Nolaa bUl before congress be come a law. To this end, the Btata labor commissioner has been named federal director of the United States employ ment service, in states which have not already a state system of employment; in' Oregon. W. H. Fitzgerald, deputy la bor commissioner, being, appointed to that position. The most Important func tion of tha United States employment service,; under these circumstances, will be to maintain a "Clearance system" as between the v states, In arranging a THIS COMPOST By Walt SOMETHING startles me where I thought I was safest;! , l withdrew from the still woods I loved; I wfll not go now on the pastures to walk; I will hot strip the clothes from my body to meet my lover the setj I will not touch my flesh to the earth, as to other flesh, to renew me. Ohqw can it be that the ground itself does not sicken? How can you be alive, you growths of spring? Are they not continually putting distemper' d corpses within you? Behold this compost! behold it well! Perhaps every mite has once form'd part of a sick person Yet behold! The grass of spring covers the prairies, The delicate spear of the onion pierces upward. The apple-buds cluster together on the apple-branches, i The resurrection of the wheat appears with pale visage out of its graves, The he-birds carol mornings and evenings, while the she-birds sit on their nests. What chemistry! ' ,. 1 " Tha the winds are really not infectious, ' That this is no cheat, this transparent green wash of the sea, which is so amorous after me. That it is safe to allow it to lick my naked body all over with its tongues, That it will not endanger me with the fevers that have deposited themselves in it. That all is clean forever and forever. That the cool drink from the well tastes so good, That blackberries are so flavorous and juicy. That when 1 recline on the grass I do not catch any disease, Though probably every spear of grass rises out of what was once a catching disease. Now I am terrified at the Earth! it is that calm and patient. It grows such sweet things out of such corruptions. It renews with such' unwitting looks, its prodigal, annual, sumptuous crops, It gives such divine materials to men, and accepts such leavings from them at last. MORE OR LESS PERSONAL Random Observations About Town Dean J. A. Bexell, head of the school of commerce at the Oregon Agricultural college, stopped at the Imperial Satur day en route back to Corvallis after spending a week on a speaking tour through Eastern Oregon cities. The dean la urging upon voters the necessity for the mlllage tax plan of support for the Oregon Institutions of higher learn ing and In the campaign he has Just conducted has found encouragement that leads him to declare that, the meas ure will be approved by voters east of the mountains. In Dean Bexell's depart ment at the state college there are some 700 students, as against the handful the school started with not so very many years ago. "There is a growing demand in Oregon," the educator said, "for instruction in the advanced branches of commerce, and the increasing importance of forefgn trade makes this demand more than ever impressive."- A great many graduates from the O. A. C. school of commerce have forged ahead in the commercial world and are not only to be found in all Pacific coast states, but In many other parts of the nation. see A. B. Robertson of Condon, where he is ' heavily Interested in the sheep and grain industries, Is a guest at the Multnomah hotel. Robertson has just returned from a trip to England that has occupied his time and attention for three montha He visited homeland scenes and friends abroad. , see Likely as not the telephone pole standing In front of your home came from Kerry, Or., and in that event it is very probable that B. A. Eldred of Kerry had something to do with its production or its transformation, at any rate, from the original state to the pres ent condition. Eldred is a contractor specializing in the production of tele phone poles. With Mrs. Eldred and A. C. Burlingham of Kerry, Eldred is a guest at the Perkins hotel see Walter L. Tooze Jr., McMinnville at torney, is In the city again, this time stopping at the Imperial, where he has fcad opportunity to chat with C. A. Herbsman, manager of the Poindexter-for-president campaign, in which Togite is interested. f' IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS OF THE JOURNAL MAN By Fred (In this, the second Installment of hi sketch of the career of Mayor fteorre Bsier. Mr. txjok ley eaftiee his subject forward to the point where he makes and loses S34.000 in one year, at which tery lnteretlnf point, it appears, the tnry is "continued in our next." Mfsntrhile. tbis preeent installment Is not lackins in record of TloisMtudea on its own account. 1 "A man can stand missing a few meals If he has to," said Mayor George L. Baker to me recently, "but what gets his goat is to see hi" women folk having to go hungry. When I was a j oung man I was in Seattle. I had started a news stand and gone broke. I had tramped all over town trying to 1 i loh ithout success. I h"d tackled a contractor several times for a ;oh of s"ver digging but had been turned down hard. I watched my chance, picked up a shovel and. dropping into the ditch. I went to work. Pres ently a foreman spotted me and said, 'Hey, you. Who hired you? I said, Nobody,' and went on digging. He watched me for a while, and said, 'All riht ; you're hired. I'll put you on the payroll at $2.25 a day.' see "I, worked there until the sewer was completed, drawing down over $60 for n;- month's work. My father pulled out for Bakerefield, Cal. I went to a boarding house and told them to take care of my mother and the children ; that I would redeem Uhem as soon as I hsd the money. Leaving my mother !n hock,' I came to Portland. The only Job along the theatrical line I could land was cleaning the monkey cage and feed ing the animals at :ordray's theatre. I took the Job and saved every cent I could get my hands on, to send to my mother. I sure was proud when I got her and the children 'out of hock and could bring them to Portland. "In those days Cordray had a museum, a Strasburg clock and a few animals. Tne admission was 10 cents, which ad mitted you to the vaudeville show. If you wanted to take in the melodrama you dug up 10. 20 or 30 cents additional, depending on the seat you bought. My Job was that of roustabout n the mu seum. Soon I was promoted to property man, the hours to be IS a day and the wages $15 a week. I Jumped at it. I rroper distribution of labor under con dUions of surplus or shortage. L. F. Shlnaman, Assistant Federal Director. . ANYONE UNDER- 21 YEARS Prescott, Wash.. March 21. To the Editor of The Journal Question: What, according to law, constitutes a minor in a pool hall? Interested. SIMPLIFICATION rrom ti Washington Star Adam was giving the animals their names. He came to the hog. If I hadn't resolved,' ha said, "to Whitman Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Rutledge and Mr. and Mrs.' W. a Erwin of Bowman, Mont,, are stopping at the Portland hotel while visiting briefly in Portland. They are returning to Montana after spending a winter vacation period among the palms of Southern California. Mr. and Mrs. John Burke are going back to their home at North Platte, Neb., after sojourning in California dur ing the winter. They are at the Corne lius hotel. Burke has a brother In Port land whom he had not seen for many years, and a thorough review of the in tervening period must be accomplished before the Nebraskans can continue on their way. Dr. and Mrs. R.Bllyeu of Albany are guests at the Multnomah while they spend the weekend In Portland. Al bany Isn't strictly a 9 o'clock town, but Portland offers inducements that even the Linn county metropolis cannot pre sent to "the home folk. Dr. Bilyeu Is a dentist. From Astoria. Dr. J. J. Pet- tlnger, another of the dental profession, is a guest at the Cornelius hotel, e e e Here to attend a conference of West ern Union Telegraph company workers, F. H. Blashfleld, manager of the com pany's business at Victoria, B. C, Is stopping at the Multnomah hotel, ess President P. L. Campbell of the Uni versity of Oregon is a guest at the Portland hpte) for the weekend. At the Imperial are Professor and Mrs. Joseph Schafer of the state university community. Both educators ftnd occa sion to hold lobby discussions, with the proposed mlllage tax for educational aid as the subject. , e e Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Baker, ac companied by Miss K. H. M. Baker, all prominent In Spokane, their home town, are at the Multnomah. From the same city comes E. E. Ballinger, representative of a Portland farm implement concern In the Washington city. Ballinger is also at the Multnomah. J. B. Morrison, rated by his local friends as one of the most extensive wheat growers In Gilliam county, is a guest at the Perkins hotel from Ar lington. Lockley took small parts In the show, also. I moved with great decorum, for a quick 'movement would have broken my trous ers, they -were so threadbare. "When the Marquam opened I was orrered a larger salary. I went to Cord ray and said, 'I would rather stay with you. but the Marquam will pay me a larger salary.' He said, 'Which means lhat you want me to pay you more. Vou are not worth what you are getting now. I can get men with real ability for $16 a week.' I went over to tha Marquam, where I drew down $18 a week as assistant flyman. I knew how to handle the hanging stuff, as I had done a lot of that kind of work, so I was made head flyman. I also took a joh with the high sounding title of lithographer, which really means bill sticker and distributor. I went on duty at S a. m.. getting out the show bills, and worked all day. Then I worked at night from 7 :30 till 12 :30. The two Jobs netted me $75 a week. I had to support my mother, and I was figuring on having a' family of my own ; hence the two Jobs and the 17-hour workday. "When I was 22 I married a young lady who lived near our house. We had one child, Mabel Alice Baker. She made gcod on the stage. She married Run Ludley and lives here In Portland. Here Is a picture of their little boy, Richard, PC grandson. "I worked for a good many years at the Marquam. Finally they built an opera house for me at Baker City (which has now dropped the 'City'). I put In $3300 of my own money, stayed tntre a year, and came back to Port land with a 20-dollar gold piece. I had to put my mother 'In hock' again till I could rustle money to pay her board. Lee Pearl, treasurer of the Baker thea tre heVe In Portland, was my partner at Bsker. He stayed with It 2 years linger than I did. and finally reached Portland with less than $20. "I had an even $20 when I got home to Portland. Within a year I made $44,000. How I made it and how I lost It Illustrates the ups and downs of the theatrical business' tick as closely as possible to words of one syllable I'd can you a profiteer." Uncle Jeff Snow Saysk. A teller come up here to the Corners t'other day from Portland to prove by flggers enough to fill a Bible that tha streetcars was carryin' people fer less'n cost. This makes me think of the Hon. Simon Goldstein at Lemmore who run a store fer 15 year and went through bankruptcy four times and wias burned out . twicet. When he died ha was so rich the lawyers fit over his will fer 10 year mora - , The Oregon Country Northwest Happening ' tn Brief Form for UM Busy Header ORECON NOTES tSt1!" H.80"8 hve appropriated $1000 pita? erectlon of a new city hos- -iu.rriUndl.nK th town of Shedd Jara ?h or""8.. .nd "lrl"' Industrial clubs, tach of which is active. ,,aPlln C- A. Schetky, U. a army re na celebrated his niney-fourth birthday at Hood River. Mystery surrounds the unearthing of i wPear, the K"hton grade on the Columbia river highway. , The Congregational church of Corvallis has pledged $162 to the Pilgrim memor ial fund. Its quota was $900. Students of the University of Oregon have organlaed a statewide campaign in favor of the mlllage tax bllL , - The Butler Banking company of Hood River Is completing the Installation of an electric burglar alarm system. Jured in the world war, now training under the act for vocational rehabilita tion. A movement for a social survey of KVamath Falls initiated hv tha Rnd Cross chapter has been taken up by the citizens. For the first time In lis history tha orchestra of the University of Oregon win make a concert tour during Um spring vacation. Douglas county farmers are . nutting their farms on a business basis by using the record books put out by the college iarm management. Cecil Brotherton. irmi IS. an allearad dfserter from the battleship Wyoming, nas neon arrested at Hose burg and held for the naval authorities. f The home mission committee of tha Willamette presbytery has met at Al bany to prepare Its report for the next session of the presbytery. The Dalles Methodist church Is to use a motion picture machine to supplement tht regular Sunday night service with educational and religious films. Orchardist of the Dee flat district in Hood River county will soon receive their first irrigation assessments. For 10 years the system has been salr-sus-talning. The price of board at loarlna camps m Coos county has been raised from 3ft cents per meal to BO cents. An increase of wages to meet the raise will be granted. j A large number of cattle feeders from Umatilla, Wasco. Ollllam, Baker. Wal lowa and Union counties are In attend ance on the first cattle feeders' confer-. ence at La Grande. Three children, Bessie, Wayne and Ir win Breltenbutcher. of the eighth grade at Ten Mile. Douglas county, have set1 a thrift record. In three years they have saved $525, which is invested la savings .certificates. WASHINGTON ? Five criminal rases are to he tried this week In superior court at Pasco, f Of the 4000 ormore voters in Van! ecuver only 1400 have registered up te date. I The Tacoma Railway Tower com- pany will ask for a franchise from th city which will guarantee a dividend. Aberdeen now has a total registration of 3020 for the spring municipal elec-t tion. Of the registrants 1040 are women. A contract has been let for building' five mllps of concrete road that wllL connect Winlock with the Pacific hlgh-i way. I F. M. Smith, foreman of the LalteK farm on Eureka Flat, Is dead at Walla Walla as the result of an accidental gunshot wound received while hunting a badger. Walter Wagner, spotting an edger at the Qulnault Lumber company, was seriously Injured while endeavoring to f-ee a stick which had become lodged In trie edger. j The affiliated railroad crafts of Wash ington threaten to withdraw from the Triple Alliance unless the differences between the labor and farmer groups, are reconciled. ' i J. L. Sloane has tendered his reslgna-l1 tion as principal of the Washington school at Centralla. He will be succeed-f ed by Edith Coleman, principal of tha, Lincoln school. From 80 to 8ft' per cent of all the fall wheat in Whitman county has come through the winter In good condition, and present Indications are that only about 16 per cent will need to bo, reseeded. f: Cheballs has two more woodworking Industries. Jerry Peters has begun ou?i crating a shingle mill with a dally ca-i paclty of 30,000. snd John Klstluk has arranged to Install a lath mill with daily cut of 20.000. , f The fight for the open shop has been? brought to a showdown in Yakima. Con-f tractore are putting nonunion men oif- the Jobs, and the union men havt; w alked out on several large contracts j As a result work is at a standstill. : IDAHO Tho nsvlni of streets In Twin Fallsj i i . m .. Hv (h Warran7- I n.a uccn W ,,,-.' - . j ... Construction company. f Ralph Glasgow of Twin Falls has re A celved the appointment to West Pointy military academy by representative: Smith. I f One of the largost real estate trans fers In Southern Idaho Is the sale of thr' Shlpman ranch, near Twin Falls, to W, K. Foster for $160,000. it . i . . , n K. tthlnriMt Intra . the (ntermounlaln county has been r-,, celved at Boise. It will be used ex- e clusively In the- treatment of cancer. The affairs of the state fair of Idaho - are to be managed In the future by s v corporation known as the Idaho Stal Fair, with a capital stock oi M,- Voters of Twin Falls have defeated by a vote of 341 to 277 a proposed bond issue of $25,000 for the purchase and Im- s provement of a site for a municipal part , and auto camp ground. t The public utilities commission has j ruled that patrons of the Idaho Powec j company outside the city of Boise musl not be taxed for service which benefit si Boise citizens alone. - )i The JourrialV Hard Fight for Metered Water Brought Reform One day a party of city officials visited the hcadworks of Portland's water system on Hull Run river. It was in the middle of an unusually dry summer. Below the dam there was but the barest trickle of water. The entire flow of the customarily powerful stream was being diverted from the bed of the stream Into tha big pipe lines that serve as conduits to bring the water to Portland, 1; . And there was not enough water to fill the pipes- There was not more than enough water to balance the immense dally ' consumption ' of the thirsty city. There was not enough water to maintain an adequate re serve to protect the city In , case of conflagration or to provide against catastrophe should one or both of the pipe lines break. Yet. on that very day In Portland, u nrne tered ..water services were being -allowed to run a riot of waste from leaky plumbing, sprinkling devices stealthily operated after hours, and faucets left stream I ngly open In order to keep the water, cool. It is bad business to juggle with so vital c thing as a city's water sup ply. The Journal urged general Installa tion of water, meters as a remedial measure. It was urged that waste endangered the water supply and that for reasonable use there was , an abundant supply. Entrenched, reao tlonary newspaper Influence fought the proposal. But despite tha opposi tion, and because of necessity, meters are gradually being installed through out Portland, the targe users and the wasters coming first. And those who use water reasonably find that their