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THE WINNER
A NEW way of doinff things has
27 dawned upon us."'
This is a statement In an article by
P. A. DoutY in volume i, number
of the Employes Bulletin, published
by the Multnomah Lumber & Box
. . n . , . i ,J
Company. Mr. uouty is uie pressiueiii,
' of the company and of several afflli
ted enterprises. The company has
established a department of industrial
' relations with former Chief of Police
v Johnson as its head, and the Em
nloyea' Bulletin is published by that
department. Mr. Douty says:
The purpose of our newly created in
dustrial department is to form our em
cloves and ourselves Into a modern bust
- new organization that will, by the co
-operative spirit. Jointly increase our ef
1 flclency to the benefit or an, ana m aa
ditlon thereto, provide modern working
conditions and conveniences.
-.From this, we learn that in this
large Institution a progressive head
Jiitniminnil t Vl a It la UTAfih I ' h 1 1 O
1119 UviCI JllIllT.u biiait m "V, fci. t.,..v.
to consider the human element as well
as the material element in the plant
' A bureau is created and maintained
5 to promote mutual understanding be-
; . tween employer and employes. These
steps are "looked upon, not only as
good business for the employes, but
: as good business for the employers.
And this is what is meant in Mr.
Douty's article by his statement that
'a ne'w way of doing things has
y dawned upon us." And he goes on to
- A comparison teaches us that in the c,0ck" "J7
past, cooperation between employer and
" employe has not been had to Its fullest
extent. The average industry has neg
" lected many features that encouraged
uch cooperation.
Exactly so. Once the shop was
- small and the employer knew person
". ally;, the half dozen to a dozen men
who were his working force. In the
- personal contact they knew and'under
; stood one another. The worker, as a
result of that understanding, was con-
WHEN LEAGUERS-COME No. 3
Tim story of the rise of the Non-partisan league in North' Dakota reads
like a romance.
Taking advantage of a widesoread dissatisfaction with marketing condi
tions, A. C Townley of Beach, North Dakota, a farjner with unusual qualities
of leadership, conceived the idea of tha Non-partisan league. It was to be
a farmers' organization through which political control of the state could
be secured. He convinced the farmers that in no other way couia wey
relief from the economic conditions under which they chafed.
Beginning In a small way in the outlying districts he gathered support
to his cause. As his plans and legislative program became more wiaeiy
known an avalanche of membershiD and money rallied to his support. So
secretly was the organization work carried on that even the small town
merchants did not know of the activities of the league leaders until tne state
was practically organized. When these country merchants became alarmed
bankers and business men in the larger cities scoffed at their fears.
Conservative farmers who considered the rlan revolutionary and the legis
lative program socialistic, hesitated for a time, but as former apathy of
the business men toward the farmers' problems had convinced them of tne
futility of hoping for their cooperation they reluctantly joined the league
and their votes and influence followed their membership and money.
Then came the primaries. In spite of one of the worst blizzards Nortn
Dakota ever experienced the farmers turned out and nominated a selected list
of candidates pledged to the 'league program. At the general election a league
legislature, governor, secretary of state, state auditor and justices of the
supreme court were elected. Because half the senate held over rrom tne
previous election the league did not control that body and few of the league
bills were rjassed. But the strength of the league had been demonstrated.
Business interests were aroused from their apathy. For tne nrsi time
they sensed the strength and determination of the farmers, and for the first
lime thev. and even the league leaders, sensed the great dissatisfaction
.if wiik wnpiitn nnii salaried dp on if? toward middlemen, who. in an effort
to exact large profits, use a two edged sword which cuts the producer and
consumer alike.
The business Interests then offered to cooperate with the farmers for state
owned elevators and flour mills which would afford relief from the control
of the grain industry exercised by Minneapolis and Duliith grain syndicates.
They agreed to join hands with the farmer and consumer m eliminating
middlemen who were making too great a profit, but they were too late.
League owned state and county newspapers branded these tardy oners
of assistance as insincere and camouflage. League organizers preached tne
doctrine of class rule and class hatred. It was a revolution of producers and
consumers, and the flame of passion which swept over the state consumed
the business and interests of local mercantile establishments as well as the
Interests of the great nonresident grain companies.
Farmers forsook merchants who had carried them for years and traded
with the league cooperative stores. Farmers who hesitated to support tne
league were ostracised, neighbors refused to help thrash their grain or even
lend a hand in time of need. Fortheir own protection doubting farmers were
compelled to Join the league, contribute funds to its support and patronize
its stores.
Dissatisfaction with marketing conditions exists In Oregon. Thus the low
price of cattle at the Portland stockyards has not been reflected in the cost
of retail meat.
In 60 days the Non-partisan league begins its active canvass of this state.
Would it not bo well for Oregon business Interests to profit from the experi
ence of North Dakota business men?
later in the spring. It : adds two
months to; the period of feeding and
adds enormously to the cost of pro
duction, ijlt comes at the, moment
when the price of the beef output is
falling rapidly.
It follows the wartime appeal of
the government to stockmen to in
crease production and the response of
the stockmen in borrowing money
with which to extend their operations.
It Is attended by a further fact that
is embarrassing to- many stockmen:
Money lenders, frightened by the fall
ing prices of beef, are calling upon
stockmen "for payment of the money
which the latter borrowed to extend
their operations at the time the gov
ernment appealed for a larger meat
output with which tq feed the armies
and the people.
A meeting of stockmen of the vicin
ity is to be held at Paisley, April 4
to consider the situation;
Letters From the People
f Communication sent to The Journal for
publication in thin department ihould be written
on only ono fide of the paper, ehould not exceed
800 word in length and must be i-ned by the
writer whoae mail address in full must accom
piny the contribution.)
fort day and night, that we are war
ranted in regarding them one ana aux
with highly serious attention. They are
part and parcel, too, or a prooiem
nation-wide. Is it another of life's
little Ironies that one of the pet eco
nomic ideas -with which we started our
IndeDendent housekeeping should in
come a notorious example of arrested
development' Of a11 earthly Place".
might have been predicted with most
confidence that here the principle of
taxation would grow to full maturity.
Yet mentally it has hardly got beyond
This lnrtr la in arjDreciauon or
Assessor Reed's papers the last two
Sundays on "Taxation Problems, ana
to express the hope that they will be
widsiv read and well considered. In a
way, it is like following the course. 01 a
true story, whereof we are author and
publisher both ; wherein we figure as
the characters, make and record the
incidents and keep continuing them In
our ntrt an interesting serial, with
sequel but no ending. C. S. R.
newly caught rainbows lie gleaming
before enamored eyes and within call
of a yearning hunger, which is the
surer way of transforming them Into
a delicacy for which Jupiter would
have ignored his ambrosia and Venus
turned from her dew of honey? .
To delicately establish an intimacy
between the gleaming jewels of the
stream and the meal of ground corn
is the accepted practice of a thou
sand streams. To build a tiny and
smokeless fire with a diameter slight
ly less than the frying pan has ap
proval beyond cavil. But shall the
trout be placed in hot fat tried from
bacon, the strips of bacon reposing
on the upper sides of the trout as
they turn to golden brown? Or shall
they first be tenderly deposited in a
pan where flakes of sweet butter
bubble and add zest to appetite by
a pungent savor that belongs with
the aroma of the firs and the dashings
of the nearby stream?
The time has come for confession.
Decision of the controversy is beyond
the purview of a swivel chair. Take
us to both pans full.
things had happened? It would have
been a Question merely of when and
wher.e the child was to be buried.
There are thousands of parents in
Portland who are criminally negligent
of their children.
The victory gardeners who are
disappointed that the city council
declined to net the clock an hour
ahead should not be discouraged.
It is even more profitable to hoe
the. beans and spuds in the morning
than in the evening. Then the soir
is mulched and ready to benefit, and
not burn, under the heat of the sun.
Who ever : grew a garden by the
A PROPER CHOICE
THE faculty of the University of
1
A modest grange on the Pacific
voted a declaration of independence
against overpriced suits, hats and
shoes by agreeing to dress plainly.
If farmers with their incomes and
their direct call on raw materials
can thus humble their vanity it
ought not to be difficult for women
and business men to follow the ad
vice of Mayor Moore of Philadel
phia and reduce the cost of living
by "casting aside society and vanity
and custom for a time and becom
ing regular men and regular
women."
THE MONEY SCANDAL,
CHAJ
Of
HARGLNG that Senator Borah knew
large sums of money spent by
eerned. about making the
Oregon Medical school Is to be
congratulated upon Us selection of Dr
Richard B. Dillehunt as its preference
for the deanship of the school, made
vacant by the death of Dr. K. A. J.
Mackenzie. The ratification of this
choice, which rests with the board of
business re8ents of the university, seems as-
aiifiM.wl ' surea.
, But industries grew. The personnel lne Present emineni sianaing oi uie
In the nlant numbered 100 or 1000 university oi uregon weaicai scuoui
. .... I im -1 1 1 Kd r lnci inrr mnnnmdnr In tVlA
"men. Misunderstandings crept in. " .a.uo Uivuu...w.w , v..
Employers waxed rich. Thev fonrot lale Ur- Mackenzie ana direction or me
their workers. There was mnrp. con- tuc development of the Institution
, eern. -In the office about the shop along the broad lines laid down by the
machines than about the welfare of1" aean W111 resi in capaDie nanus,
the; human machines. Then came ror throtign nis association witn ur.
. organization on both sides to fight Mackenzie as assistant dean, Dr. Dllle-
tach 'other.- After that Strikes ftnd nunt naa ampie opportunity to Decome
lockouts were Invented, and the prod- full" acquainted with the progress
uct of It all is industrial warfare on
a scale never dreamed of in earlier
days.
Here is a fundamental : The
Wall street for Roosevelt in 1912 the
Oregonian questions the Borah motive
in alleging that similar large sums
are being spent now by Wall street
in the Interest of other presidential
candidates.
It is not difficult to agree with the
Oregonian as to Borah. He Is the man
who said he wouldn't vote for the
League of Nations if it were presented
by "the Savior of the world." That
sentiment at this time, after the
bloodiest and costliest war in history,
with all mankind in mourning and
the peoples counting their dead,
startles any one into questioning the
conscience of the man who expressed
it.
BJUt is the Oregonian right In its
insistence that the candidate "who
has and spends the greatest sum has,
as a rule, the best chance?" Borah
does not think so. That is why he is
declaiming so loudly against the al
leged Wood and Lowden expenditures.
It is at least not true when the facts
are found out the people do not want
the presidency bought.
Besides, if a candidate Is $f true
presidential stature, he runs on some
thing else than money.
outlined
Dr. Dillehunt is a young 'man of
marked ability in his chosen line, an
able administrator, and has a person
ployer who takes his workers Into his aUtv' essential to the success of such
confidence, who becomes of them and an undertaking
a part, of them, who keeps them satis
fied by ample pay and who thereby
awakens their Interest In and concern
for the welfare and success of the
enterprise, is going to be the winner, agency,
number
The saloon has been driven out
of America. Why not banish ths
pistol next? It is an even deadlier
Its victims in America
8000 to 10,000 annually,
V 'Easter gowns will be modest this ur homicide record is a national
'mr.ff roarfn An announenmant Th I scandal
the reference to cut in price or the
ecut of the gown?
CRIMINAL. NEGLIGENCE
THE ANNUAL DISPUTE
DETWEEN Twelfth and Thirteenth
U streets on Taylor, and about the
i - X TOT ' until the world war threw middle or tne block, a child of eight
I . IN things entirely out of kilter was r thereabouts strolled diagonally
, there ever a question about the rela- across the street, pushing a go-cart
live market standing of butter and mountea on roner skates, sucn as tne
bacon. The former outranked the children use in coasting
latter with all the social divergence It was about the time business peo-
whieh distinguishes the colonel from Pie "were en route homeward fn the
i the private. evening, and fully half a dozen auto-
Ye now that local disciples of mobiles sped along the street while
Isaac .Walton are returning to streams the child was en route across.
that.aceomplish the miracle os trans- What If the view .of ' a driver had
forming the earded wool of noisy oas-J been temporarily obscured by another
cades into spools deep and green.fl car?
a most difficult dispute lias been e
gendered by : the roving Impulse ? 6f
the season. '
When out oh the stream and the
VANCOUVER LAKE'S BEST VALUE
Portland, March 30. To the Editor of
The Journal A plan is being vigor
ously promoted to drain Vancou
ver lake and other low lands adjoining
the Columbia river near Vancouver.
Wash. As one of the owners of prop
erty abutting on Vancouver lake, I wish
to enter my most earnest protest against
this scheme. The project ts neither feasi
bie nor practicable. It proposes a use
of the lake bed which Is of secondary im
portance. It proposes rthe drainage of
S0O0 or more acres at a probable cost
of $75 an acre, when', the agricultural
lands thus reclaimed would be of far
less value than the utilization of Van
couver lake for port purposes. Vancou
ver lake bears to Vancouver and the
pert interests of this district, including
Portland, the same potential relation
that Lake Washington bears to Seattle.
The port development which the future
will witness points Inevitably to the util
ization of Vancouver lake as a turning
E.nd anchorage basin for ships: with
slips, piers, industries and trackage
along Its shores. .
The prospect tnat the interstate com
merce commission may adopt the recom
nendation of its chief examiner and
order a lower fate between Vancouver
and Portland and the zone lying to the
south of Snake river renders it Impera
tive that Vancouver be not divested of
any natural opportunity for preparation
for the business that would of a certain
ty flow in this direction following such
a decision. Standing at the head of
deep sea navigation, and even more ad
vantageously related to the interior
by water grade than is Portland, Van
couver must not fail In readiness for the
assumption of extensive port duties. It
will only be necessary to connect Van
couver lake with the Columbia river by
means of a short artificial canal in order
realize upon its importance as a port
asset.
Those who are promoting the drain
age scheme argue that it will benefit the
dairying and agricultural Interests near
by. Permit me to call attention to the
fact that the most vigorous opposition
to the promotion of this scheme arises
from the active dairymen and farmers
around the shores of Vancouver lake. I
cannot escape the conviction that the
project is essentially speculative in char
acter and of Intended benefit to interests
more selfish than public spirited. In
order to persuade me to join in with
this scheme Inducements have been of
fered to me which are beyond what pru
dent business Judgment would commend,
and these offers have gone much further
to awaken my distrust than my cupidity.
I also desire to call attention to the
fact, although It Is proposed to build
a dike which would repel the flood
waters of the Columbia, thereby permit
ting farming and dairying to proceed
without Interruption from Inundation,
that the subsoil is so porous that many
of the lakes of the vicinity rise and
fall with the Columbia, although a quar
ter of a mile distant. I am afraid that
dikes, pumps and other drainage meth
ods would prove entirely Inadequate.
Consideration should also be given to
the possibility that the damming of the
Li ke river might result In Its shoaling,
thereby destroying Its usefulness in navi
gation. Before any definite steps are
taken toward the draining of Vancou
ver lake, exhaustive tests and investi
gations should at least be carried on;
and then, if actual construction Is de
termined as feasible, practicable and In
the highest interest, the project should
be deferred until it Is possible to secure
labor, material and equipment at less
ccst than the present prohibitive high
rntes. But I believe the potential value
of Vancouver lake for manufacturing
and shipnlna; should attract the develop
ment energies of all who are interested
as property owners In the district under
consideration and that the drainage
scheme should abe laid aside.
Alma D. Katz.
INDORSING MAJOR WELCH
Troutdale, March 22. To the Editor
of The Journal I note with pleasure the
candidacy of Major Hiram U. Welch
for county assessor. I had the honor
of being a buck private in the First
regiment F. A. R. D., of which organisa
tion Maior Welch was commanding of
ficer, and I take this opportunity to
state that he was a just and courteous
officer, loved and respected by all of
the men and officers of the regtment.
He was the friend of the man in
trouble. vnd as judge advocate helped
more than one man to get a light sen
tence. He could be approached at all
times and had given orders that all
men be treated as American citizens.
I would like to see all of the ex-service
men get behind the major and boost
him in on high. Edward C. WllBon.
COMMENT AMD NEWS IN BRIEF
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! SMALL CHANGE
Aprn fool! J
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This is not Oregon weather we have
been having thlsawek.s
There's a strike lit Copenhagen. Won
der It it will affect he "snuff" market?
Boys who have been playing baseball
on the corner lots find snowballing al
most as much to their liking.
Turkey is breaking into the front page
news as much these days as it is ex
pected to do along ih November.
There's no telling! how long this cold
snap will last, but there's still the same
vast satisfaction in knowing that it can't
last forever.
Even before we get summer time quo
tations on ice, the dealers are warning
that the j)rlc of coal is to be advanced
to new high levels.
'
As regularly as the news that the fruit
crop of Southern Oregon ts threatened
by unseasonable weather, comes the
news that the Middle Wett Is threatened
by a labor famine. This vear the Mid
dle West gets In wttji its '"copy" a little
pit anead of bouthern Oregon.
SIDELIGHTS
Motor truck transfKrtation is making
nini, mnn than ever, the Democrat
declares, the great distributing center of
I a large Interior country, which improve
ment of roads will greatly augment.
Umatilla county, the Pendleton East
Oree-nninn naserts. started the rest Of
Oregon's counties thinking when Its
school directors adopted the $1200 mini
mum salary ror leacners ami pi.ovi
them on the 12-monfih basis.
m
"Rain, falling copiously, Is a blessing."
observes the Medford Mail Tribunes
Smudge Pot- man. "but It does not. aa
some would love to, believe, eradicate
all need for all time, s of Irrigation. There
Is a chance for response to prayer In
March, but none in August"
The suburban horn commends Itself to
The Dalles Chronicle, with Its small
acreage, its convenience and advantages.
So in the future, the Chronicle believes,
we are "likely to seeithe roads radiating
from The Dalles llrted ty pretty bun
galows and the fields surrounding dotted
with vegetable gardens and patches of
hay for the cbw, while over to one side
of the plot we mayiglimpse a flock of
chickens, a pig and Herhaps a calf frisk
lng on its tether." v
The Oregon Country f '
NcrUiwtat Happening m Brief Form (of tbe
Juy ltaader v;
OllEGbN
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
1-
Randpm Observations About JTown
TO CURB "WILDCATTERS.
Portland. March 22. To the Editor of
The Journal. Wildcat oil and mining
stocks are being sold in Portland every
day. Haven't we a blue sky law that
will reach such promoters? While Attorney-General
Brown is investigating
the state treasurer's office, wouldn't it
b a good idea to give the corporation
commissioner's office a brief inspection?
Such an Inspection wouM do no harm,
and possibly would result in a great deil
of good. We hear so much , about ais
bonest deals in stocks, etc., that I think
the people are entitled to an Impartial
and open investigation, and such a plan
vajuld certainly be welcome to the
corporation commissioner.
J. A. Wilson.
Another Evans la growing up with the i extended trip th rough Eastern states and
United States navy and some day te California. For the iime being the sen
hotel lobbies of Portland may be edi- ator is a guest at ie Imperial hotel,
fied by the sight of; a second "Fighting but expects shortly Jto have his feet
Bob" in the person iof the present Cap- ! toasting at the horr$ fireside ' at Eu
tain Waldo Evans, J commander of the . gene. i
United States battleship Wyomfng, one ...
of the largest men--war afloat. Cap-j w L, Hughson. president of the auto
tain Evans is In Portland visiting h s mobUe diBtrlbut company that bears
mother Mrs. Mary ;A. Evans of Hart- hj8 na , f
ford. Kan., who is i here as the house
guest of Mrs. A. J. Taylor and Miss
Anna L. Taylor, 262 Park street Cap
tain Evans' ship is .'attached to the Pa
cific fleet, and is stationed at Bremer
ton, Wash.
i
Kirkland Cutter, j architect who de-1
signed the Davenport hotel at Spokane (
I ana ouier nosieines, inciuaing inose in , rortIand and Tulsa. Okla.. is a guest at
trlacler national parK. was a r-omana : thfi Portland hotel. Kerr is Identified
visitor on luesaay nignt. suiter came
down from Spokane; to meet his mother.
Mrs. Caroline Cutfjer. who has been
1 Francisco. Hughson, together with S. S.
Werner of San Francisco, is here to in
spect the local branch of the company
nnd. incidentally, to look In on the con-
, Terence of Ford agents with Ford com-
pany officials.
Alexander H. Kerr, whose business
i
Charles Severson of Toledo ' has
brought In a dressed Duroc hog that ?
weighed 613 pounds. ''1 :. r v:' -!
Alleging that her husband would not
wprk. Kdlth K. Allen of The Dalles has
!egun divorce proceedings. r r
Cow testing, which flourished for'sev- -eral
years in Coos county, has been re- "
Juvenated by County Agent Karr. ti
C. O. Port wood of Fossil has been p- .
Pointed treasurer of Wheeler' county to
succeed A. B. Lamb, deceased. ', "V
A campaign har been inaugurated Vt;
Baker to raise $30,000 tor the" support Of '
the Young Men" liristian Association.
Mrs. Loretta S. Yeager. a pioneer reel-
dent of Hoppner, has died rrom injuries
received a few weeks ago In an auto
mobile accident.
A conference will be held at SaJem.
April 6, by t lie publle service commis
sion and the city council of Portland,
relative to street car fares. v
A sunrise Easter service will be held
at Albany in the open air. if the weather
will permit, under ttie auspices of the
Young Peoples Christian Endeavor.
The run of herring In Yaquina bay IS
so great that fishermen are fishing only
two or three days a week. The herring
are frozen and are to be used later for
halibut bait.
A big steam crane weighing about
tons which fell from the irrstle of the--St.
-Helens Dock & Terminal convpawy,
has boon lifted from the mud and eent .
to Portland forrepalrs.
A California firm h:is placed an order
with A. H. Finnegan of Clackamas
county for all tho strawberry plants he
enn supply this season. He expects to
ship half a million plants.
A movement lias been started In Clack
amas county to consolidate the school
districts of Canby, Lone Eider, Mun-"
dorff. Union Hill, Barlow and Marks
Prairie into a union district. -"The
Newport Commercial club has ap
pointed a committee to confer with tne
United States Spruce Production oor
poratloii' relative to the leasing for a
term of 20 years, 'the railroad between
Newport and Otter llock.
A two day community school will be
conducted April 2 and 3 for residents of
that section of Linn county west of
Halsey and north of Harrislurg. The
TRUCE IN WASHINGTON
From the PhUadelphla Public Ledaer.
Colby is secretary of state. There is
no reason why he should not have been
made secretary of state five weeks ago.
There may be some question about Mr.
Colby's talents, but there Is none about
his Integrity. Thousands of Americans
have been inconvenienced by the va
cancy in the state department But the
senate, victorious . now and breathing
hard, had the satisfaction that comes
to it when it puts some new difficulty
In Mr. Wilson's path.
The high cost of a political feud Jn a
presidential year can make the high cost
of living seem like a very small thing
indeed !
and social Interests are divided between ' course will embrace the study of soils
and drainage and livestock.
spending the winder; in California.
with milling and glass manufacturing
properties.
G. F. Comstock of San Francisco is
E. Penn. general agent here for registered "Just a few lines from J. D.
assenger department of the Cana- ! Ia.rvey of Comstock. Or on the Oregon
Comstock Is a flag sta-
E.
(Via naaaana-sei
s!o n TXoif, pqIIu-s-v Vi o o rat'iimAri tn ! otei register.
uibaa .a i . ,y atuq ,v-- -
ki. an a e Wa V i Knnm a V Hj-i j 1
atter an absence or three weeks, which j agricultural section of Douglas county,
he spent In touring through the cast j
ever the company's lines, with a party Seattle contributes a few well known
cf Canadian Pacific officials. "I had a j cHlzens to the population of the Mult-
wcnderful time." Is the sum of the In-1 noman nole' again. Among inem ar
formation vouchsafed bv Penn. i Judge Jeremiah Neterer of the United
Ford automobile aerents from all Darts ,
f Oreiron in fact from the entire terri- I manager or me tjnmax L,ocomotive com- - anii-aynuicansm law.
tory served by the Portland branch of ; pany. and J. W. Dutton. district guard j Bjfjg have been called for by the Cen
the company, are In the city today for ! marshal for the United States shipping j tralia school board for the new Llncofn
conference with-the advertising man-1 board. Judge iseterer is nere to neip scnooi, ior wnicn oonoi w
Federal Judee wolverton to decide uoon uu.vuu kuch ,
the merits of the Oregon bilingual pub
lishing law.
THE PLIGHT OF STOCKMEN
STATING some of the grievances of
Oregon stockmen, W. B- Snider,
former sheriff of Lake couMy and
now a leading stockman at Paisley,
Central Oregon, says.
It is quite true that the producer
is at the mercy of the packer and a
parental government, which, together,
are forcing the cattlemen out of busi
ness. By government I mean the for
est service which, by its rules and regu
lations, is making it impossible for
cattlemen to operate in this county
with any degree of satisfaction.
In further explanation of why stock
men are being forced out of business.
Mr. Snider says:
This year we asked for a permit to
graze 200 head of cattle on the forest
reserve, and were denied the privilege
on the following grounds : First, we are
a partnership ; second, because we own
stock in excess of the protective limit
which, in this district, is ISO head of
cattle or 1000 head of sheep.
Our ranches are surrounded by forest
reserves and we are unable to turn our
cattle out on the adjacent open govern
ment range as they would drift into the
reserve and we would be guilty of tres
pass and subject to heavy fines.
If we should dissolve partnership we
would be entlUed to 150 head each on
the reserve. Thus tl.e government forces
a stock , owner who has ranch property
capable of winter feeding- 700 head of
cattle to operate at a loea in order to
gain a right on its forest.
A regulation that is discouraging
to stockmen ts that prohibiting cattle
from being turned on the range be
fore May 1. It means that stock must
be kept on the ranches and off gov
What, If, frightened by the proximity
of one car', the youngster had Jumped
into the path of another? -. .
What if any one of a dozen possible - ernrnent land practically two months
BACK TO THE SOIL
Portland, March 29. To the Editor of
The Journal Much has been written
about the housing problem, but as yet
no solution has been found. Eventu
ally, in my opinion. It will come to this :
The people of small means, the renter,
and the man unable to buy a home in
the city, will be crowded out some
where, no one knows where. Rents are
on the increase, and hundreds of people
are "house chasers," only to be con
fronted with the state ment : "We want
to sell ; the property Is not for rent"
House buildlne is not s-eneral. on ac
count of the almost prohibitive price of
lumber, hardware, labor and plumbing,
and the demand for houses is increas
ing every day. It has become a social
peril. The housing famine has spread
from the large cities to the small vll
lages, where conditions are similar.
What can be done to relieve? Where
will the worklngman who does not own
his own home go? How are we to care
for the immigration pouring in upon us
from the East and Middle West? Some
of the newcomers will be able to buy
others will not .
I believe small acreage will help to
solve the problem, though not fully
One does not need a mansion on a small
acreage tract, but much of the high
cost of living can - be met by a garden,
berries and a cow and chickens by the
man of moderate means. : The acreage
idea is being talked by hundreds of
people nowadays. Not only are labor
ers, clerks and other workers thinking
about the acre tract, and the modest
little shack to meet present needs, but
many a well-to-do business man also
has the "bug." The demand for subur
ban acreage is growing steadily, and by
late spring much of it will be utilized
by homeseekers. There is a big profit
now in blackberries and loganberries, as
well as good varieties of strawberries,
and the addition , of the cow, to say
nothing of the poultry, should appeal to
us. It is the time when "back to the
farm'' is a popular slogan. We need
more producers, more small farmers,
.more acreage independents. Never was
a time, more auspicious. , ,
A House Hunter.
ONLY A THOUGHT
From the Employe' Bulletin.
Before the accident Think.
And then, .without a doubt.
There will not be an accident
For you to think about.
Curious Bits of Information
Fpr the Curious
Gleaned From Curious Places
Many of the most fertile valleys and
plains in the world appear to' be the
bottoms of ancient lakes laid dry, an
exit having been opened by some con
vulsion of nature, in some instances by
more gradual operations, ior tne waters
that were previously enclosed by im
penetrable barriers. Most of the great
rivers were formerly successions of
lakes, like the St. Lawrence river in
North America. The level spaces be
tween the Allegheny mountains and
other parallel chains appear to have
been inland lakes, until the rivers which
descend from these heights formed for
themselves exits. The Euxlne and Cas
pian seas, as well as Lake Aral and
several others, are the remains of an
extensive sea, which covered the great
part of the north of Asia, according to
the belief of Peter Simon Pallas, the
German naturalist. It has been conjec
tured that the opening of the Bosphorus
was the occasion of the draining of
this ocean in the midst of Europe and
Asia, the memory of this disruption of
the two continents being preserved In
the traditions of Greece.
ager of the Ford company, and other
officials. E. L. McKern and Charles
Kirk of Albany, W. A. Gates and A. R.
"Vvillits of Medford, George A. Wilhelm
of Junction City and A. Wilhelm Jr. of
Corvallis are among those here for the
conference. They are stopping at the
Imperial.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Gleeson and their
three daughters arrived Wednesday at
the Multnomah hotel from Spokane.
Gleeson has " had charge of the Oregon
Moline Plow company branch at Spo
kane, but hasTeen transferred to Port
land as manager of Che local plant. The
official "welcome to; our city" was ex
tended to Gleeson and the folks at the
Multnomah.
a.
A. Whlsnant of Bend is a newspaper
pencil pusher so thoroughly that he
spurns the pen and signs his name to
the Benson hotel register witn a pencil
stub. Whlsnant is editor of the Bend
Press.
R. A. Booth Is almost home after an
Olden Oreg-on
General Fremont's Right to Title of
"Pathfinder" Examined.
The sobriquet of "Pathfinder" be
stowed on General Fremont was often
ridiculed by the pioneers of Oregon.
Senator Nesmith in an address orfce
said : "It is true that in the year 1843
Fremont, then a lieutenant In the en
glneer corps, did cross the plains and
brought his party to The Dalles in the
rear of our emigration. His outfit con
tained all the conveniences and luxuries
that a government appropriation could
procure, while he "roughed it in a cov
ered carriage surrounded by servants
paid from the public purse. He returned
to the States and was rewarded with a
presidential nomination as 'the Path
finder.' The path he found was that
made by hardy frontiersmen, who pre
ceded him to the Pacific and who stood
by their rifles and held the country
against hostile Indians and British
threats without government aid or recog
nition until 1849, when the first govern
ment troops came to our relief."
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
Tag days is all right, but when we
hear up at the Corners of a tag day
comin' In Portland we steer clear of
sroln' to town that day. Most of these
charities they chase you. up fer with a
tag could better be looked after by
taxin' the whole state. Why should
feller that lives here buy all the tags
and the Wirehowzers and Lux & Millers
and big property owners that don't live
here have no tags to ouy; i Know
feller that lives in Los Angeles that tags
the people of Portland fer i4U,ouo
year rents for his ramshackle corner
and he hain't been In Portland three
times in 40 year. Thesa charities that's
real useful had orter git on the tax
rolls.
TAXATION PROBLEMS
Portland, March 30. To the Editor of
The. Journal Pu axles of local taxation,
all kinds, surround us and? get under
our skin bo intimately disturbing corn-
states district court for Washington : D.
M. Miller, vice president and general
WASHINGTON
Pavinsr of the Bradv-Ktma road will
he started April 1. The stretch to be
paved is five miles in length.
Owing to an Increased supply of cream
the price of best butter at Seattle has
dropped to 63 cents a pound.
Contracts for two new fireproof hos
pitals in the Inland Kmplre have been
let to a firm of Walla Walla architect!.
Peach trees in the vicinity of Walla
Walla are showing signs of life, but It.
is stli; a question whether they can bear,
fruit.
A Jury In the Walla Walla superior
court has held that mere membershtp
In the I. W. W. is a violation or. tne.
California has contributed her quota
of guests to the Multnomah, also. There
are C. C. Gilberts, office manager for
the Goodyear Tire company, at Los An
geles ; H. P. Blanchard, secretary of the
Firemen's Fund Insurance company,
San Francisco, and Mr. and Mrs. E.
Stephenson of San Francisco, where the
former is a glass manufacturer.
D. H. Bodine. for many yearssherlft
of Linn county and for mtfny other
years, actively Identified with the af
fairs of the Albany State bank, inter
est in which he has sold, was a guest
Tuesday at the Perkins from Albany.
i
Joe L. Wilkins, former proprietor of
the Palace hotel at Heppner, Or., and
now manager of Shlpard's Hot Springs
at Carson, Wash., is registered at the
Multnomah hotel with Mrs. Wilkins and
their daughter.
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred Lockley s
Read here the story of the man wno made . country declared war he enlisted, and
the Oreton hen famou. and H .till in tn . aood j djed of pneunionla whie ln service. Last
toward the production of 300 eggs a year or
thereabout In a nucceeding aketrh Mr. Loekley
will tell how a layman, ao to apeak, ha made
good in the eaz bnsinesa at Cornllw. Inspired
by result obtained by tea experts of the trte-
fon Agricultural college).
James Dryden, In : charge of the de
partment of poultry ' husbandry at Ore
ron Agricultural college. Is one of Ore
gon's most useful citizens. He has made i
Oregon famous along the line of increas- j
lng egg production. 'What he has done
has meant millions of Increased revenue
to Oregon poultrymea. He has converted
what used to be a sideline into an es
tablished, profitable and self-respecting
Industry.
We have heard a good deal about what
James Dryden has accomplished, but
very little about James Dryden himself.
I found him willing to talk about his
hens, but averse te talking about him
self. In answer to questions about his
boyhood and ancestry, he said :
"I was bornCln Ontario, February 27.
1863. My father, wjio was a farmer,
came from his birthplace, Roxburyshire,
Scotland, to Canada In the early '30s.
My mother's maiden name was Mary
Swan. There were 10 in our family, and
although I am the. "youngest boy, but
one of our family is dead.
"I am not a college graduate. I went
to Gait Collegiate Institute, as a boy. I
came to the United States at 25, coming
directly to Utah Agricultural college, at
Logan, Utah, ln 183,. the year it was
organised. At first I served as secre
tary to President Sanborn, who had
come from New Hampshire.
"My work Included keeping records
for experimental work. About two years
later I was put in charge of poultry In
vestigation. Ours was one of the first,
If not the first, poultry departments or
ganized. Our first bulletin was on the
relative values of laying hens of dif
ferent ages. My conclusions were so dif
ferent from the commonly accepted
theories that the bulletin aroused great
discussion. I stated that the hen's frrst
year was her most profitable year. I
discussed methods of breeding and se-
year, after charging off all labor costs,
feed, depreciation and all other expenses,
the poultry department of the state hos
'"pital showed a net profit of over f 11.000.
Also our hens there broke the world's
record. There were 14 that laid over
i00 eggs in a year : one laid 330. We !
Advices from the state fisheries de
partment sav that over 60.000 Eastern
brook trout are now ready to be shipped
to the Grays Harbor "district.
Fruit growers In the Kennewlck dls
trie are Just beginning the first spray
of the season, while the peach crop
was killed last December, no other dam-
age is apparent. r
According to the plan of distribution ,
adopted by the United States war de
partment. Walla Walla county will re
ceive a large "number of captured Qer
man war trophies.
To provide accommodations Jot the
nurses at Sacred Heart hospital, Spo
kane, the .hospital board is considering
plans for the erection of a nurses' home
at an expense of J 150,000.
The Wenatehee Commercial club has
Invited representatives from all . the
north Central Washington counties to
Join an automobile excursion down the
Columbia river March 31.
The constitutionality of the Seattle
charter amendment, giving discharged
soldiers and sailors the preference in .
civil service appointments, has heen sus
tained by Superior Judge Frater.
Summonses have been Issued from the
superior court at Yakima for about 230
ranchers takfng water from Cowlche
creek, citing them to make a showing
May 31 of their claims to water supply.
After being out the greater part Of
two nights and a day the lury in the
case of A. C. Shoemaker, tried at Pasco
or; the charge of criminals syndicalism,
reported a disagreement ana was die-charged.
IDAHO
The automobile camp grounds at Lew-"
Iston will soon be completed and ready
for tourists.
Idaho has in reserve from 'the lvli 7
he.ve mated all of these hens with our ! wheat crop 2,618,700 bushels, or 14 per
Huu-egg roosters and win bring back to
the college, for hatching, half of their
eggs.
"A flock of ordinary country hens will
average- about 100 eggs a year. They
will eat as much as the 300-egg hens.
With good breeding that Is. breeding
for vigor, with good environment and
good care you can Increase the yield
of the country flock, but of course, by
cent or the total crop. . - 44
The demand for laborers In the Mos
cow section la unusually heavy and high
wages are being offered. "... ' '
The boat Service' to points - m the
Snake river above Lewlston as far as .
Pittsburg landing has started again with,
a large tonnage of supplies for eheep-n
men. .avv,- k
Tvi m nrii.i 1 npHii 111 unmiiuii. hkhu
?fi took her own life by shooting her-' '
selection you can develop, as we have re, wUh er huHbond because breakfast ;
cveiopea nere, a strain oi egg producers."
Professor Dryden took out the card of
Lady McDuff, and said, "Here is the
first hen, mo far as known, that ever
laid more than 300 eggs in one year.
She produced 303. Here are some recent
r cords. We have nine 300-egg hens.
Here Is one that laid 09. This one laid
208. Here is the official score card of
A27. The first year she laid 240 eggs.
the second year 222, third 202, fourth 165. ;
fifth 168, sixth 139. severfth 61. She died
shortly after the beginning of the eighth
year, having laid but one egg that year.
Her official total was 1188 eggs, though
as a matter of fact she laid over 1200, !
ac she laid a few eggs outside of the '
nest, which could not be officially re-'
corded. Descendents of A27 are making
records all over the United States. We
named her A27 because she was with us i
when we started the poultry department.
The next year's hens were numbered B. ;
the third year's C, and so on. This
year's hens are under J. A27 and A60
lived to see their great-great-grandchll- !
dren winning records. They died last
year. Every Leghorn we have on the
farm "is f related to A27.
i
"We used to talk about the day of
the 200-egg hen. ' Here Is he record of
one pen of 60 whose averagjsfor the year
was ill ana a fraction. ; nere is tne
was not reauy on uiuo. . t if
Professor A. R. Combs; head of the
agriculture department of the Xewlstor
' 1 Via. realtniad fa a wmnt ?
, t. nn0lr,n txt (illTlttf IMnl frt Afl-Ar
ihe populous counties of Iowa.;
The Boise council will ask for an Im
mediate annulment of the order ef the
public utilities commission approving
two contracts between the city and the
Idaho Power company relating to light
ing equipment.
To the Nullifiers
By Tlrzah Lamond
Ton eannot hape to rtem the tide that' riling;
Tour puny effort only erre to how
That Bight to Might. And we are realizing
i . The difference between a friend and foe.
Ton hare not heard the people' lamentation;
Tour erery thought ha been for self alone.
Now we'll not listen to your explanation.
But judge you by the work you left undone.
Too do not heed the erie of atarrins children
Their moan of bitter aacuiah tooch no heart
Of yt; you eeek-to brand na all aa eowarda.
Unwilling, or afraid, to do our part
Toe ahall not serre again, who would betray n;
We will not troat ym with the maetfcr plan.
Tou have not read the stca that a ia , the
hearena .
"Behold! Behold the Brotherhood of mas!
Wolf Creek. Mare 10.
lection by which the 4 period of possible averaee for a pen of 87 Barred Rocki
laying could be prolonged and I showed j 203 egg a year, and one of them tald
by Increasing the productivity during 1 jog. Here is the card tot E24t a grand-
the first year that Ithe production of . daughter of A27. She Jald 302 eggs last
eggs would be increased during the sub- year. He,-e is a typical card. This hen.
cequent years ana now me penoa 01
longevity could be greatly extended.
Tills doctrine was so revolutionary that
It aroused considerable acrimonious
criticism. I came to- Oregon Agricul
tural college 12 years ago.
"I married Miss Alice KJlm. a teacher
whoi came from Pennsylvania, while I
was at Utah Agricultural college. We
have three sons, Robert, Winfield and
Horace. Winfield served during the
war in France.
"Here are some records from the Ore
gon state hospital that are rather illum
inating. They have there 4000 Oregon,
the strain developed here. In the past
the raising of poultry at the Oregon
state hospital was net profitable, s Dr.
S Finer asked tia to send one of oiir ex
pert to take charge, i I sent a graduate.
from our poultry nusDanary department.
P.533, laid 2&8 eggs her first year and
224 the seconds She started on Novem
ber 19 and laid 'nine eggs that month.
In December sh laid 22, January 24,
February 23, March 27, April 2, May
28, June 26, July 31, August 14, Septem
ber. 30, October 23, and 12 up to Novem
ber 18, which completed her year.
f
"Yes. it's a lot of satisfaction to have
had the opportunity to do ' something
worth while, and I feel that what we
have accomplished here has been worfh
while, not only to Oregon but ,to the
poultry raisers of the entire United
States, for it has helped put the poultry
industry on a stable basis. There has
teen plenty of hard work, but a lot of
pleasure, too. ' I have taken a good deal
o Joy in the writing of my text book,
"Poultry Breeding and Management, as
well as in preparing 15 bulletins which
xrom our pvuiirj imounui m wmhw ... ..k- -- .-.. .
He did rerrrarkable Work.- Whn our nave been distributed rather widely ."-j
The Journal Takes Pleasure
In Aiding Seekers of
Outdoor Recreation
Time is coming when the spring
call will come from the open road.
There are awaiting you a thousand
sylvan spots, a thousand witching
views, a thousand dashing torrents,
a thousand titanic masterpieces of
nature. tThls is not an enumera
tion ; it is an estimate which Is far
below the facts.) You will find a
charm In the violets that nod their
modest heads Just within the fringe
of the forest. Vou will find exhilar
ation In the swift flight over paved
roads and in the slower and more
arduous progress over picturesque
byways when the latter have - be
come 'passable. , , .
Doubtless. It will occur to t you
that it is a blessing to have the Un
proved roads. The Journal agrees
with you, and for years It lias sys
temattcally, earnestly, and with, ob
vious result, urged a broad program;
of highway Improvement - -
Doubtless, too. it will occur to you
that a center of information "about
road conditions would prove of high
value to motorists. In that view,
also. The Journal agrees with, you.
It is constantly obtaining Informa
tion about the condition of the roads.
Read the good roads section of The
Sunday Journal from week to week,
and . you will keep posted osr road
conditions better than frorrasany other
source of Information In the North
west. If you are In a hurry', call
The Journal's Information bureau, or
road department by telephone, and
your queries will be cheerfully an
swered. To obtain all this informa
tion and keep it tip te date are Jour
nal accomplishments ; to furnish the
information, a phase of public service.
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