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! It' THE OREGON DAILY - JOURNAL, P ORTLAND, nMONPAY. APRIL . 5. 1920: A INDKPENDEST KgwBPArTO O & JACKSON . ...-,. . . .. . .. . ..yxxbiitbrn IBe Calm, be confident, b ehaerfol and WU othataaa would hatfraheis do anto 7001 PalUke4 mrr fk r and r S"?1.' ,,th, Journal Balldint. Broedva a4 Taaa. kiU (treat. Portland. Oregon. for tnBM through the SaallS as elaaa Batter. all department reacnea r . FOREIGN ADVERTISING KKPKKLNT1TITE 22 S ri f til riue. New orki 800 Building. Chicago. ' " SUBSCRIPTION BATES i By carrier, city and country. DAILT AND SUNDAY Owe week. . ....$ -15 I One month.. ... . Ot week. ...... .10 I One week. 3 .08 ' CM month 45 BT MAIL. AU. HATKS PAYABLE IN ADTANCI DAILY AMU SUNDAY ' rma Tr 18.00 Three bmm..- 4.25 One month. SUNDAY (Only) On year Six month. . . Three months.. , 79 13,00 1.TS 1.00 WEEKLY AND SUNDAY One year $3.50 j WHEN I.EAGUERS fcOMENo. Z THE organization of the Non-partisan league Is perfection Itself. More than any other organized political movement. It has been able to person ally reach the individuals that compose its group. ,. Contributions to the opposition in North Dakota, have been generous in tht extreme, but it never has been possible to hire a sufficient number of field mea to personally see every voter. The Leaguers are able to make this personal canvass because the voter themselves pay for it in their member shJ5Tfciee, league organizers stay with their prospect until they have him converted by'jversonal arguments to their idea, and have secured his member ship, his contribution and. his vote. And when they get his vote, they have the vote of every elector, of hiaufcousehold. All league organizers are "catrefully schooled in their work. They know the farmer's viewpoint and speak his language. They are familiar with every argument advanced by the opposition 'press iand speakers, and have the answer at their tongue's end. Moreover, the league organizer Is on the ground. He eats And. sleeps at the farmer's house, and is himself one of the farming class. But the opposi tion must workthrough the press. It is a long range discussion, and has little chance for juecess against the personal contact and personal appeals of the organlwri. With these advantages the organizer seldom fails to secure renewals of membership in the league or a continuance of the farmer's sup port. Not infrequently it is necessary for the organiser to remain all day with a hesitating farmer, but he can well afford to do so, for he is almost sure of securing the membership, which means 1S for the cause. If the opposition, forces hold a rally, it is expensive. Speakers must be secured, hand bills circulated, press notices paid for and bands hired. When the league holds rally the recollection of the old days of oppres sion by the elevator and grain trust brings the farmers together in numbers In an outpouring of enthusiasm that is spontaneous. Frequently farmer's pic nics are held with the attendance running into hundreds and even into thou sands. President Townley and other national figures speak. Hundreds of tSU moptlia. . . . DAILY (Without Sunday) Ont yemr 300 Sit montbi.. . . . 3 25 Three months... 1.76 One month 60 WEEKLY (Every Wedneaday) One year $1.00 81 month SO The rate apply only in the Weit , sUtea to Eaatera points furnished on applica tion. Make remittance by Money Order Expreas Order, or Urait. ir your po " 'Nm.i,.u sm .a.... .t. . j. j.,, , - ftloney Otdr Office,, l or 2-cent stamps wui ne ocvuicpu, auu Miuusanus i aoijars aaaea w uie league wwiuj. xwantjul Mtka all remittance payable to The 1 ClmMa mSthftrla lp nnm hi!fi nt.4 V.. U . n (K Mtim, Thvnnirh Jeernal. Portland, Oregon. - ,.. T . . lw . mo iruimug rcujjico inuu-jjarnsan league oi Minnesota, me inpie Aiiiauto in Washington, the Laborers' Non-partl6an league In Texas, and by organized workers in other states, city folks are canvassed, and their subscriptions pay for their proselyting. At a recent Non-partisan league meeting at Rldgefield, Wash., a collection warsken for the advancement of the work. In Clarke county, just across the Columbia from Portland. When the meeting opened there was little appear ance of enthusiasm. But after the league prganlzer had spoken for some time, Interest Intensified, and hearty applause evidenced how thoroughly the speaker's message had been driven home. The hat was passed around at the close and the contributions were heavy. The donations are being used to forward the; league cause by adding more memberships at $18 each. Thus the league makes Us own way as It goes. . A counter meeting was held later at Rldgefield under the auspices or the Ridgefield Commercial club. An opposition speaker presented the anti-league side of the question. No collection was taken. The league meeting gathered the sinews of war as It went, the opposition had no leverage on which to make an appeal for a collection, The latest reports are that there are 2500 members of the league in Clarke county, Wash. Yakima county is said to have an even stronger member ship. The claims are that plans are perfecting for a state ticket to be pre sented to the voters of Washington next November. The Clarke county membership at 2500 means more than $49,000 subscribed in that county alone for the league campaign. The votes of the men who subscribed this more than $40,000, along with the votes of their families, mm. 11 !--.. M . a ; r mAnftv $11 thfa la r4n 1 r rr fr vt'ifV, 11M!a UaaikIom a If In r .h.ft,. B v.r.irt,,.iv ..timat- business centers of Washington. Before the business group knows what Ye c&nnot Mrre God end Mammon. St Matthew 24. NOT SURPRISING ORTLAND'S business men and port ftnlhnrlfloe nra vnrlftiie.lv ptimat- ing that our foreign commerce this M transpiring ; the farmers are compactly organized and weU financed for their year will range between $75,000,000 and "" " uuUCuuUUJi.u.auiae., uu WJO .cftuo 1Mus UlOSfc Jl 11. In Washington, as has been the case elsewhere, after the farmers have become perfectly organized, the business, distributive and financial Interests, whose place in human affairs Is distinctly menaced by the league program, will probably begin a campaign of newspaper vilification and abuse. It will doubtless be a' policy of negation with no constructive measures offered through which co-operation and harmonious action by all the groups in the state can be secured. That r.Aiirse hM lnvjrifthlv failed In other stafAe. Ta fipcrnn hIca tn wait ll is an evidence oi me promaDie ftni reiy on that olan when the leaguers come some 60 davs henre? returns on me fiu,Dw,uw pon termi- $100,000,000. Rapid expansion of port business Is used as one of the arguments for a more generous allocation of shipping board steamships to this port. It reinforces the plea for a superior classification of this port among the port cities of the" United States. ern times he cannjot ai mayor live j the defense of the atate or haUon, ex- upon the $6000 annual salary Inci dent to his office, its that his state ment is undoubtedly true. Letters From the People cept by unanimous consent of the mem bers of the legislative MMnolJ ootauaea on roll can ; and be it furtber "Resolved. That the proposed a tlon of amending section It tloJa A n4 tha T.TitH-iltlon Ot the StAte of Oregon be submitted to thw peoP1 (or their approval or rejection at tne genorai ' 7 I election in the vear 1920S and be it to The wu w h,-h oe word ia lcnrth and most be aiceed the I representatives and one senator ne ap- luomamWiiieaaoM Mat to Tne .onrmu ivi i f,irthr on waiT sue oi ue mtoer. uwa bi -"- -- commute of two writer whore mail addrem in tuU tntMi fccoom-l oolnted to nrenare and file with the seo- panjr the eontrlbatioa I ntArw of ataU ararumenta 1ft eunport (tf rnm witra ivnni!T9ntfitiii I the am end In of said eoneatuUoaal " " I amendments and be It further rvewport. uarcn m. To the euror i .mA k. t etat . mv- T t m . ..... I , ..,.vvh w.w .w.m.-., vi aim -uurnm vy. n. iuiucr in ywwr- w an-hA tm tiaMhv. authorized ana at aays Journal says: I am not a seer, i tn ... ..t. nnA m the of- nelther a spiritualist medium, dalfvoy-1 (jcial pamphlet containing Initiative and w ucvuiusu tsut ne aeeni? ui oo refertndum measures to be voted upon a g-ood deal, and Is something of a in th vMr itn in vhtoh amimants sun- prophet. The treaty failed. He Bald, nrtrHritr th nrnnnuul amendment to said u'u aoi nave to nave anyuung uui section may be printed." nurse sense to Know loe ireu; vruuiu .1 r. , . ' aii La. i. oo we must give nim cretin lor iiu.y- i nrnnn'o r a vnm a no reason for it- failure. But it failed. I Portland, April 2,To tiie Ed tor of and there was cause. Was it Its un Th Journal-I had given the leaders m,.v,i7 x-. . ni r..i.i 01 the Republican party credit tor nav- quarrels, bickerings and Jealousies of i tf'nllaG": piratical parUsanshlp never before seen fI Lefnard Wood can safely Mi se- in America was the dissusUnc cause. 'wa comma- race wr f- . i.v -o,i t iniin aency. xnis is a aay or specialists, rev- to believe Mr. Miller entirely correct fj Tni f "ZZ ' 1 when he says, -It Is plain there will w.h haa devoted " a be three tickets in. the field thie year." f"",lf lln.e- or ? '1',? Indeed. I would not be surprised to see .7-. " L v, 7. v three or four of them. That there wUi 'J " - a , I have the hiehest respect for men or xo De unavoiaaoie, out tne wugu -uu i a.tii,r M -,an r;;n-t Z;. 7 ,7lZ n both is training has lifted them to high '?c.tue?r.tf !t.p,f5k! lb1 rank, but It is not clear why a great iAw w wh ih. m ZLi Thaw oldier should necessarily be a great 5?? Lt0tthiL5t iffStt, statesman. Marshal Foch Is recognised. " probably, as one of the greatest soldiers than 45 jears and the success of their ya . hft faas nQ deslre tQ be COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF SMALL CHANGE, Wonder tf Deba will be out la time to run for president. ' King Christian doubtless thinks there's something rotten In Denmark. The primary purpose of the primaries seems preliminary to the prime purpose. Sir Oliver Lodge is coming to Port land to lecture. Chance for us all to become initiated Into the mysteries of the unknown. A news report says that an attorney paints the I. W. W. a law-abiding peo ple, but most of us, fortunately, know that the paint he uses Is the wrong color. e A California man fasted 61 days to cure himself of stomach trouble, and at the end of that time his stomach refused to retain food and he died. The quesUon remains : Did be cure himself T Well, It wasn't what one would de scribe as a perfect Easter Sunday, cli matically speaking, but it might nave been worse and there will be lots more Sundays in which to show off those new clothes. New switchboards have been Installed at police headquarters to speed up serv ice for the protection and benefit of the public, but that doesn't mean that you should call the police station to ask for the "correct time." Chances are if you do you'll soon be doing time. election depended on them? It is true, however, that the split in the old par ties this year is over the liquor ques elected president of our brave sister republic. No one would think of se lecting a great soldier to be the manager tion. the drys working hard to have , . 4.,-i.i n n,,ir. 'L i. "'f'" " lng exceptional technical skill, as an and the liquor interests working equally ftutomobUe fact0ry. for instance, simply hard for wet ones. If the efforts for he WM a tlgMef. dry planks are successful it will crowd Abraham Lincoln was a man of great the wets all out, to gather In a new morai and physical courage. He was wet party. Then, with the prohibition a statesman rather than a soldier. That vote split between the Democratic, Re- jj type cj man our country needs at publican and the old rock-ribbed Pro- preBent, a man of great wisdom aa a hlbition party, and maybe another one statesman. And we have found such a or two. we -may, as Mr. Miller says, one ln Woodrow Wilson. The farm loan "look out for a campaign sucii as was BVatem and the reeional reserve bank never before seen." The traffic is out- E-tern albne entitle Wilson to the Ufe- SlDEtlGHTS To the voters of 'AUegany district. Coos county, a proposition to bond lor a new $5000 school hous$ is to be submitted, e. Oregon Trunk yard improvements "or dered at Bend inUide "a general over i. i tn ., nmallnr nf the atOCK- yards. a spur -into? the pencil factory and a 10 by 20 foot platform for use ln un loading autos." . At present theW Is not a band In Gilliam or any oil the neighboring coun ties, the Condon plobe-Times says, but in Condon there sare a number or ex bandmen and p&nty of material for rmlt ma the Globe-Times Is b.K)sUng lustily f!f the boys to organ ize. eu e The two yttt?it itinerant dentists who were ln to?vh for one day last week failed t kep their appointment and silently failed away," says the Crane , Americans "They had no par aphernaliaSrlth them for dental servje, and apparently fwere on a rubbering tour." e . . Note of progress, in the Baker Demo crat : "Fifteen lars ago, if one had said Baker wouia have In that short time an establishment like the Basche Bage Hardware Company's automobile accessory store, tfeat person would have been said to hav? rats ln his belfry, a A..m. mnH m allhlCmt f OT the bat house. Now. it is taken aa a matter of course. Verily, wt are living la a fast The Oregon Country NotUiwett Ei)pnlnn In Brief Fona tor the IS tty Header MORE OR LESS PERSONAL Random Observations About Town lawed. Legally, it Is dead, but we can't I bury it with three, or a dozen, Prohibi tion parties fighting against a single. firmly united boose party. When all the friends of prohibition get together in a national party to fight booze, we will bury it. E. W. Durker. long gratitude of this country. We need a statesman of broad, constructive pol icy, a statesman of vision, a statesman with the moral courage of Elijah. John L. Schuyleman. HOURS AND WORKERS Portland, April 1. To the Editor of The Journal The city council did the right thing when it turned down the daylight saving Idea It Is Just as easy for workmen and clerks to go to work at 7 o'clock as to be driven to It by a special law. I am 76 years of age. and nearly 30 years of that time I have gone to work at the call of the whistle, bell or clock at 7 o'clock and worked party is to gather at Chicago, and a in hours. In those days you never convention of the Democratic party at heard any growling about commencing aan v rancisco. to nominate men xor . t 7 o'clock, and there was always time HOOVER AND THE PEOPLE Boardman, March 31. To the Editor of The Journal I believe the time has come for the proletariat to proclaim their ability to select a candidate for the presidency who has the backbone to stand for justice to the masses, whether or not he bows to the conven- tlona A convention of the Republican nal program which the people of this tne Atlantlo coast they must have city alreadj nave authorised, and it yaj we produce. doubtless win be usea in ine cam paign for tne additional aiu.uuu.ouu The day's news announces that plan affecting .Swan island. Mocks the Japanese and the Californlans bottom and Guilds lake as outlined by aa the result of a five-day conference the committee of fifteen. in Toklo, have agreed to cooperate. But the most superficial .review of Nearer and nearer we come to the the -world's necessity for the tremen- end of the world. dous production of. this district ln food and materials Is sufficient to con- STREET CANNONADES vlnce any dovbter even a shipping board official at Washington, D. C., C-XTURDAY night, a motorcycle raced that it is a part of national commer- O up Slth street with a racket that cial strategy to give us ships. It Is caused everybody to turn and look, an obligation, imposed by the mere Its explosions were like volleys of fact of our exceptional position, to light artillery. The driver was a boy. provide facilities in advance of the Eth in noise and speed he was vio- hastening demand. lating the traffic laws. Among Ihi great timber owners of Nocvas his an Isolated or unusual the district tributary io Portland, the case. . Tliough there Is a strict law United States government is but one. against driving a motorcycle with the .Yet Uncle Samuel -has a timber estate j muffler open there are drivers who in our Hinterland worm BioU,u)U.uuu . iittie heed to it at about half current quotations. China wants, every year, hundreds of mll- - Hon of fect of timber like ours. Aus tralia would like to buy 300,000.000 to 400,000.000 feet anniAlly. Manila and Street noises arc bod enough at best. The rackets that are necessary and unavoidable are all that average hu man nerves can well withstand. They the PhillDomes. on the routs to the we undoubtedly responsible for many Orient, have urgent use for our tim- c80 of nervous prostration. They bar, especially when transformed into heJP wcar out ana "nncrve business bot shoois. people before the day's work Is done. According to the. laws of gravity, The weary toiler with nerves shattered about 200,000.000 bushels of grain- 18 Pursued even to his home, and the less that required for local demand last tn,n he hear8 before reaching It would Row to market through the 18 strident and piercing gong of ports of the Columbia. In this district casn register on the streetcar, in wo have a daily milling capacity of vented seemingly to ,make nervous some 23,000 barrels and the capacity people more nervous. is being increased so rapidly that the .There are many motorcycle men ; statistics are subject to change with- who painstakingly Observe every re out notice. qulrement of the law. They keep their ' Very recently initial shipments or machines in thorough repair and never rhOBDhate rock from Idaho throudh fct? ,n the Btreet t0 tun UP lneir . thl port called attention to the pros- c?cle wllh & nerve-splitting racket pectlve demand of 300,000 tons a year that ,s like a reproduction from a bat- from Japan, and emphasized that as Uefield. The more considerate driv- a point of exportation we had an ad- ers might well use their influence to vantage of more than 180 miles over belp control those who set the laws Seattle and some 230 miles over San at naught and ride rough shod over Francisco. the nerves of weary and work worn The Idaho phosphate deposits, sur- people, prising though it may sound, aggre- The police also have a'duty in the gate' several billions of tons. The premises. Here Is the law : "No motor Wight of the material precludes load- vehicle Bhall oe operated with of- lngany ship to capacity with it, and fensive exhaust or with muffler open." . every phosphate rock cargo must in- dlMe lumber, grain, food products, The , French government has ira furniture, pulp, feed, wood products, posed a 10 per cent tax on old bach ; livestock, woolens, fruits, meat, fish elors and old maids, which in their or some other Of our long list of great opinion, will doubtless be considered CXpOrt staples. an infernal revenue provision. It has been only a short time since our public port terminal facilities proved their, capacity to handle a ' AAWaVA Alt f.Khe.a I SaK.l fl w 4inV. ihnrrnnV.Mv. 3 talne1 m description which ICS. tlma than competitive ports. Biologist William L. Finlevave the . During the war, Portland produced American Game Protective associa- , some 80 sicei ana tou wooaen steam- tion in New York of the deterioration 6hips wnicn naye gone out under the of the Chinese pheasant hen: . Stars ana stripe, to neip in difficult The first few pairs that Judge 0. N. . post-war commerce carrying. The Denny introduced into Western Ore business done In the porta of the Co- gon ln 1881, lived simply and naturally , iumbla is principally under the Amer- They roosted in the onen field and lean flag. We are in a position whera thus could defect the approach of business - and sentimental . reasons enemies. Tftey ; accepted the vlclssl- should command! the support of the tudes of ratn and storm with equa shipping .boards 1 r. hlmlty and hardihood. ' Thus they As for foreign markets the Orient, survived dangers. Thus they obeyed the west Coast, Europe, .Australia, the Injunction of nature and multi piled. Soon they were numerously dispersed throughout the Willamette valley. But the offspring of the original stock manifested degenerative tenden cies which were most apparent among the hens. The mother pheasants be gan shirking their maternal duties. They often sought the nests of quail, rurried grouse and sooty grouse, leav ing their eggs to be incubated by the warm bodies of other birds, leaving their young to be reared by foster mothers. Oregon's biologist also observed that the hen "pheasant leading her covey from the covert of the night into the dewy fields of morning, would adopt a pace so fast and center her atten tions so exclusively upon her own pleasures that the chicks were left to stray and perish. Only a short time would elapse, until by this secondary process of race suicide the family would be reduced to a very 6mall brood. Strange and unwonted ways of life were adopted by the pheasants. They sought the shadows of the forests. They began roosting in trees. They became easier prey for their enemies, Doin numan and animal. Thus by turning from the rugged simplicity of the pioneer pheasants. neglecting family duties and adopting an unnatural manner of life, the Ghi nese pheasants are waning In num- Ders and In quality. Reverting to the allegorical slgnlfl cance of Biologist Finley's interesting comments, ne seems to pronounce a Judgment quite as much as he utters a suggestion when he advises the game omciais or me state to quit bothering with the "mongrel stock" and go find more pioneers. chief executive. Who told these men to gather for that purpose? Did the farmer, the mechanic, the grocer? Not on your life. The big interests told them. Wa, the common people, were not consulted. What wa will be ex pected to do is to keep on at work. keep still and know nothing, and when these conventions have settled upon their respective men, we are to take our choice, whether we think either of them 1 the man who should hold the office, or not. enough in the evenings to work the gardens, or devote It to pleasure, be fore night came. Independently of those working at trades, the law was a curse to the farmer and those that had to be up in the small hours to -attest! to live We Americans want to live too fast. anyway, without interfering with old Father Time. Six years of my life I was up at 3 o'clock a. m. and worked until 10 o'clock at night, and often I have been for Hoover from the first, later. Nowadays It Is eight hours ; and and today I am more than ever con vlnced that he Is the people's choice. Take the Literary Digest for March and note the comment f the press rela tive to his candidacy. Note the first reading, wherein a St. Louis cartoonist depicts the Hoover boom as an unoccu- that is all right, too. But compare the wages ot those 10-hour days with those of today. The workman is worthy of his hire, or should be, but let htm give a day's work for the pay he receives now, and help the cause of production, which Is pled automobUe moving, in defiance of the only way to reduce the high cost of all the laws of physics and politics. swiftly through the air a little above the level of the road, while the Repub lican elephant and the Democratic donkey note with frowning perplexity that "it ain't got no engine nor gas and nobody's steering the durned thing, living. Osborn Tates. BOOZE AND BONDS Laurel. March 25. To the Editor of The Journal I have read ln yesterdays Journal an article on prophecy and horse sense, written by W. B. Miller of while Mr. General Public remarks, "But Seattle. Mr. Miller might have heard It seems to ramble right along, any how." The time has come in America when "Mr. General Public" must be considered ln making the choice of president- These are the men and women to whom we must look for the necessaries of life. brought forth by skill and toil, and. this being true, why should they sit idly by while others meet in conven tions to name the candidates and have their will of them, and of us, the com mon people? It is evident that the leaders of neither of the old parties really desire Hoover as a candidate, unless ho will enter the ring according to their rules, meekly submit to their dictation, or receive a right uppercut to the Jaw that will put him down for the count. the old song, "How Dry I Am?" Does any horse sense not tell him, that a man running for president of the United States on a wet. ticket will get swamped and be the least thought of man in AfUerica? Governor Edwards of New Jersey Included, if he wishes. Would any home loving mother, sister or sweet heart support such a candidate? The grand women, the protectors of our homes, have too much brains for that, and they are going to vote next fall, I hope. Now. reallj". does horse sense tell us that booze and a soldiers' bonus will work ln the same harness? It seems to me and I am no seer or fortune teller. either that the handwriting Is on the wall. I don't think any 100 per cent American can. without shame, advocate " 'S a funny world," quoth a friend of Biguard H. Peterson, B. A. Peterson, B. A., is one of the big men in the department of publlo speaking at the Oregon Agricultural college and the per sonal friend for life of any collegian who ha3 the unbounded nerve. In his junior year, to face an audience of his schoolmates from the public rostrum and propound the wisdom ot his 20 year of worldliness. Peterson teaches 'em how It's done. But what makes it a funny world, according to the friend. is that one never hears a chirp out of SIguard himself. He keeps his mouth, closed as tightly as he keeps his purse open and on a college professor's sal ary, "friend" says, that's going soma In spite of the fact that Peterson Is a teacher of public speaking and doesn't speak himself unless he Is spoken to, he Is In Portland over the week-end. estab lishing himself for the time being at the Imperial. The most Important official of Athena, Or., was a week-end guest at the Seward hotel. He was Homer I. Watts, who answers when the city recorder at Athena calls "Mr. Mayor," at meetings of the city council. Watts, in other words. Is chief municipal executive of the Umatilla county town that Is half way between Pendleton, Or., and Walla Walla, Wash. Athena, center of a pros perous wheat ranch country, is on the highway to the Blue mountain summer resorts, and when Oregon has as many people as New Tork state, the Blue mountain resorts will hurl defiance to all the world. Judge John Twohy of Twohy Bros., contractors, railroad builders, etc.. Is in the village on a business trip from Spo kane. He Is registered at the Multno mah hotel. Samuel H- Korer. chief deputy secre tary of state, knows one person who would bet a fortune that he'll be the next secretary of state. That person Is Mrs. Kozer, who was at home in Salem while friend hnsband was ln Portland taking a slant at the political situation from the vantage point of the Imperial hotel, where he stopped. Koxer is, in reality, secretary-; of state, insofar as duties go, for Qovernor Olcott, In spite of the fact that he carries the title of secretary, gives most of his time to the business of being governor. All the Kiddles at Island City, Union county, are not identified with the city administration, ln which Fred H. Is mayor and M. W. Is a councilman. Liv ing proof of the statement Is E. E. Kiddle, who was a week-end guest at the Imperial hotel from Island City. which is Just a nU;e, long morning walk from La Grande. Miss Mary G. Ewing, from Chicago, is at the Portland hotel. Miss Ewlng Is a lecturer under the auspices, of the Christian Science church. A. A. Elmore, president of the Farm ers' union, with headquarters at Spo kane, la delving Into local angles of tha organization's affairs during a brief stay ln the city. He Is at the Multno mah hotel. "Patsy" Clark, at the Multnomah ho tel, says, In all seriousness, that M. F. Hauley of Med ford la one of Jackson county's "largest" fruitgrowers. "Patsy ," however, has fallen' to designate whether he refers to Haujey or Pauley's fruit The subject of this "sketch" is visiting ln the city, and is a guest at the Mult nomah. . The guide books do not reveal the much wanted information about Mabel, on the banks of the Mohawk river in Lane county. Mabel Is the home of Nels P. Olson, who Is being entertained and rested at the New Perkins during his visit in Portland. Olson either has to mush over the trail, ride a buck board or an automobile to Wendllng, three miles distant and the nearest rail road point, when he comes to Portland. - Three Facee East" Is on the trail of Arch MacGovern, who faced in at the Portland hotel Saturday. MacGovern Is advance man for the oncoming shew and, when he is settled in one place for any length cf time, likes that place to be New York, where he receives his family raalL . Wolf Creek Is one of those Oregon towns people seldom hear about here abouts. It Is the home of John II. Shewey. who In a guest at the Hotel Oregon. Wolf Crk Is 1318 feet above the Bea, In Josephine county, and has 100 Inhabitants, unless the 1920 census makes a radical', change. It gets .its name from the creek that runs through the town but it gets Its money from fruit, general farming, lumber and mm ing. e C. L. IIawley of McCoy Is at the 1m perlal telling his friends what an ex ceptionally good 'man he'd be for the office of state oairy and food corn mis Sloner. There's no mls aklnr the name of C. L. Towers of Roseburg as It appears on the register of the Imperial hotel, where Tin l rfnnnlnir. .Tfta lvnmnnhin must haunt him, for h very carefully prints out his name and that of the old home town. OREGON A two platoon system fire department . ls$being considered at Astoria Contracts for machinery to be Installed n tha big sawmill at Glenbrook will be i bugene in a lew aays. The American-Columbia Laundry com pany has been lneornoratnd at latnda wun a capital stock of J40,(RiO. Joseph Hume of BrownnvilIe has fllea notlc? of his candidacy for the nomlna uon of Republican presidential elector. Many Norwegians from Minnesota anft other states are pun-haslnsr small forma in the Silverton district of Marion ccunty. Hood River business men are urging that more speed be made In Hie paving tij i.hlBhway ' Wyeth and Hood River. Petitions for placing the names of Hoover and farmer rl 'resident Tart on the Republican ballot aro being circu lated at Albuny. uniy two candidates hare filed In Clackamas county for repi ruentatlve In the legislature. The county is entitle to three representatives. D. K. Fletcher of Independence has I announced hu candidacy for the Re- , publican nomination as Joint represen tative from Polk and Linoln counties. 1 At a' special election at Hammond or -cw jtsioria nornis were authorized to the amount of $30. noil for a bulkhead and reclamation work along tha Co lumbia river. Work on the John Day hlghwar Is progressing satisfactorily. Tiie stone retaining wall being constructed In Picture canyon by Italians Is a good piece of workmanship. Governor Olcott has been asked by Carlton O. Brown of Gwendolen, I last era Oregon, for assistance to obtain a pre paratory courne which would fit him fof sheriff of Umatilla county. Governor Olcott has repeated his a nonncement that he would resign as sec. retrr of state Immediately after the May primary and appoint h his gucces. sor the successful Republican candidate. nroeSSfvalU-hatm rmlreU ZSSZ to show apprlaor?or progressive. What more Is necessary lnl ... . , - . . . , . , TALE OF A PHEASANT TOT a little allegorical value is oon- this great world period of reconstruc tion? With everything else on a pro gressive basis, why not our chief cxecu tlve, also? When America called for men to face the Hun, none was com pelled to be either a Democrat or a Republican. Millions of these men are now crying loudly for a man to lead the great army or American toilers to a victorious adjustment of our unsettled country. I firmly believe Herbert C. Hoover Is the man and that all that is necessary is for the general public to stand together, even If conventions do dictate otherwise. W. A. Goodwin. our soldier boys who fought, bled and died for liberty, only to get a bonus out of boose. America is too big hearted for that Let us pay the boys what ws owe them, and pay It right, and cheer fully, and not do It by slipping around duty to make booze do It Granville Everest Curious Bits of Information For the -Curious Gleaned From Curious Places More than two hundred members of congress plan o leave San Fran cisco on July 5 on the trnr.nrt Mount Vernon for a two months Junketing tour of the Orient. That ought to reduce the cost of govern ment quite a bit TOMORROW'S THREAT A FRENCH Inventor has patented and sold to the French govern ment a new"long range cannon which, tests have shown, can hurl Its projec tile rrom iw to VZQ miles, twice the range of theJSig Berthas with which the Germans bombarded Paris. Eng land has been negotiating, so Lloyd George informs parliament, for the right to use the plans of the new monster weapon, while Belgium is al ready at work upon one at Liege. won t ne long, unless the League of Nations takes its proper place to stay the hand of war, until all the borders of Europe will bristle with ordnance more potential of horror than any the world has known, and America will stand upon the brink as helpless-to save herself from being dragged into tne maelstrom as she was not long ago. 'St Kilda Is the most remote Island of the Hebrides, the nearest land to It OPPOSES THE DIVIDED SESSION eln Grlmlnish point 40 miles away. Portland. March 25. To the Editor of i1 naa toeen tne Property of the Mac- The Journal Now that there is much Loas rrom um immemorial, although agitation regarding a "divided session" one 01 tne family. General Norman Mac of the legislature, would it not be wise Leod, sold It in 1779. It was, however. to inform the voters of the true sltua- repurcnasea in 7i for 115.000 by his tion. as It exists, so thry can commence STandson, known to the worthy folk of studying the questions involved? So St Kilda as Norman XXII. The present that all the light possible may be shed, population consists of about 100 Gaelic- will you kindly cause to be published speaking crofters, who enjoy home rule house joint resolution No. 8, passed by and are practical communists. Crime is ( The interesting .feature of Mayor Bakers assertion that jn these mod the 1919 session of the legislature? This resolution can be found on page 843, Session Laws of 1919, and provides for a 60 day session, with a provision to prevent any "closing jam." This reso lution and proposed amendment pos sesses none of the evils of a divided session, and does contain all. and more than all, the good things claimed for it D. C. Lewis. Following is the text of the resolu tion requested, which was filed In the unknown. The Inhabitants live moaUy by rearing sheep and by killing seafowl tor their feathers and olL Olden Oregon Catholic Church Dedicated by Father Blanchet January 6, 184f- Uncle Jeff Snow Says: Vicar General filanchet took up his residence at the Canadian settlement on office of the secretary of state, Febru-I the Willamette, a few miles above Cham ary 2S. 1919: poeg. ia October. 1S39. A log church. House joint resolution No. S To 1 which had been built in 1S36, was a wait- amend section 29 of arUcle 4 of the con- 1 Ing him. On December 23 he blessed etitution of Oregon. Be it resolved by I the beU he had brought with him. and the house of representatives, the senate on January .1I40, the chnreh as for jointly concurring : That sect'on 29 of mally dedicated to St Paul and mass article 4 of the constitution of the .state was .celebrated, for the first time ln the of OregoaJ be, and the same is hereby, Willamette valley. amended to read ae follows Sec. 29. The legislative session shall not exceed SO days In duration of ac tual worklnar davs :' and the members of the legislative assembly shall receive for I I see Will Daly in roruana nam i cot their services , a sum not to exceed 1300 1 no office to .carry on his high trust per member. When convened in extra bustio' Job in. Now that the weather s session by the aoverno. they shall re-1 fine, he don t need none, a secona-nana oeive a sum not to exceed the eura of I tin Lixxle en the curb would do. and 13 per day ; bat no extra session shall I when he heerd tell of a profiteer he continue for a longer period than 20 1 could turn en the juice ana run mm in. days. They shall also receive the sum of I In Silver City. New Mexico, in carry tt for every SO miles they shall travel I days, there waa ulch a aateh fer the place in going to and returning from their j one time that the JusUoe of the peace place of meeting by the most usual rented bis of nee to a ouncn or miiun- rouie. . - . lanarp ana run nis court, jm w a"?! -thn No bill scan be introduced after the t walk on the edge of the plaza. The cll-l . .1". ... . rwir riir fortieth day of the session except ap-l mat down there 'lowed.lt. nmaumesl uoomna- u, " rVl-, IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS OF THE JOURNAL MAN By Fred Lockley The atory of tha llfn. to data, of Mr. Ada n MilllMX nnnclunI b? Mr I.ocsi.- tixiny. It la a ttorr ot uncommon InUrest, rcpresentiiia. as it dor phases of that rrUk'Mi ambition that has been tha making of the Great Weat-1 The first time I ever saw Ada B. Mll- llcan waa when I stopped over-night at her houee at Mllllcan on the way from Prtaeville to Klamath Falls. We reached the Mill lean ranchOOst at dusK. sam uel Hill, whose guest I was. In his courtly way. Introduced Tjlmself and tt.en said. "And this is Fred Lockley." Mr Mllllcan said. In a very disap pointed votca, "Are you the Fred Lockley who writes? Yes." I responded, "but why that look of dleappolntment?" Mrs. Mllllcan smiled and said, "Forgive my expression, but to tell the truth I am a little disappointed. I have been reading your articles for years and I had formed a mental picture of you. I thought you were tall and slender, with long black hair and soulful eyes, and it ratner Jarred me to find that such a very pro saic looking person was Fred Lockley." After such a supper as a "very prosaic looking person" could greatly enjoy Mrs. Mllllcan showed us her collection of In dian curios and told us at length why in her opinion there would soon ne uni versal suffrage throughout the United States- As I remember It her argument was not that women are JUBt as capable as men, but that they are much more so. Yesterday t again met Mrs. Mllllcan at Eugene. She is mere attending me sUte university. "That I should resume my studies after 60 years may seem strange to you." she said, "but I don't see why there Is anything out of the a about it. When I had got a frag mentary schooling equal to finishing the fourth grade naa w -.. earn money, so I decided to "be a teacher. My uncle was one of the school board, so I got the place. The children used to love me, for all I taught them was read ing and writing, and I let them have long recesses to take up the time. Word came that thereafter teachers must take an examination. Mr. Todd, a minister, was county school superintendent and aa he had eaten many a chicken dinner at our house I felt sure I would pass .v.- .i .lamination without trouble. When I went to Roseburg to Uke the examination I learneo. xo my cwry tion. that Mr. Todd was away, that bis j, ,m,iii holA tha examination and that it waa to be written Instead of oral. I was ln despair. I stayed that night at Mra Booth's home. Her husband was minister and a friend of our family, She ant ln the whole evening drilling me, aa she knew about tha kind of ilon that were asked. Qulncy Grubbe, the deputy superintendent, held the exam ination, and to my surprise t waa given a certificate. j . . - ' propriatlon bnis f r bills pertaining to 1 13 months ln the year. Ill received $2S a month and Iboarded around." While n Douglas county I taught the grandiihlldren of General Jo seph Lane, our first territorial governor. For a while I taught a private school at Amos Dunhamis house st West Point Later they made It a public school and I taught there tlree and a half years. It was here I met my fata I was taking the part of a brtd i In private theatricals. Jasper Wllklns :,.ook the part of the groom. We gave ft he performance ln the grange hall and took up' a collection to defray expenses. I. paused the basket and one of the , men In the audience dropped a handSul of silver Into the basket at the sime time giving me a smile that made jn heart go pitty-pat. After the lay WUl-Van Dyne introduced the Btranger. His name was George Mll llcan. He was 47 : I was 23. He owned a ranch on the WcKenzle. The Rev. I. D. Driver married us in Eugene. We started on our welding Journey the next morning on horseback to cross the Cas cades into Eastern Oregon. Mr. Mllllcan owned a meat market at Kalem. later bought by E. C. jCrosa. My husband had a ranch ot: . McKay creek, near Prlnevllle, and a ranch at what Is now known as Walter irille. on the McKenzle. It was named Wslterville after his son Walter. . . i .' "After a few years times became. very hard and my huaoand loot his property. He took up a ranch near Pine mountain, flow known as MtllJcans. We had to have money to 4help stock the ranch, so I went to teaching. I secured a posi tion as teacher at White Rocks, Utah, tn the Indian school. Later I was trans ferred to the Indl&n school at Yuma, and Still later to the Indian school at Pima. Arts., where' I taoght nearly four years. From there I Wat transferred to the In dian school at Puyallup, and from there I Went to our Pine mountain ranch, for we had got on oi r feet again. For thi past few years e have lived at Princ vUle. . Too will always find me an active participant in all conventions and gath erings of woman's clubs and other or ganizations to advance the cause of women. My gretx interests ln life are. helping to securs a square deal for women and for tr s Indiana In the past women and Indiana have always got the worst of lq My husband died last fait on November 26. He had celebrated his eighty-fifth birthday two days before his death. v . "When I was a girl a woman of 10. or even 40. put on black dress, wore a poke bonnet and considered her place the chimney oorw. X refuse to put on my poke bonnet I do not feel old, and I am cotrur to sratify my long sup pressed desire for an education. That' why I am a student nere, ana some oi these youngsters .will have to go soma If they get bet- grades - tnaa - a s. going to make." , , v WASHINGTON" The Hoover club of Kpolsanm will con tinue aa a nonpartisan organization. Orvllle C. Tlatt of Snokane h he elected president of the lnlaind Empire Teachers' aaHuclatlun. A snowfall of 15 inch In Fnoonalmle pass has stopped the clearing of the highway for travel. Members of the Puvalluo and Sumner Fruit Growers' association will dis tribute a melon of 3102.522. The canital stock of the Fsmsers' Mercantile company of Wlnlm-lt lias ben increased from 310,000 U J'ii.OOO. II. 8. Haker has been anolnted en- rineer of Spokane county to succeed Allan R. Scott resigned to enter private business. Grays Harbor will be represented at the International mining congress at Seattle May 7 by a fine display ot county exhibits. Investigation shows that the nrlcea ot the high grades of women's nhoca have Increased an average of 17.14 a pair at Seattle since 1916. Seven restaurant owners at Tnklma have been arrested for misbranding syrup which they alleged to bo maple syrup, when as a mailer ot fait it was not maple. Bobble Rich and Wallace MrDirken. agot! 9, an missing from the Y. M. C. A. car.-.p near Glen Cove, where 75 Tar-oma boys are spending a vacation. It Is feared they are lost. The Okanogan Livestock association has voted a reward of 3100 to the widow of George It Snyder, complain ing witness ln the trial and conviction of John Flglinskl for cattle stealing. IDAHO W. L. Hayes of Pooatello has been appointed district deputy game warden lor the l'ocatello territory. The city council of Orangevllle line called an election April 20 to vote on a bond .issue of 3-5,000 for street paving Home products week will be observed at Caldwell April 3 under the ausplcea ofthe. Forward club aud women of the county farm bureau. Idaho will mlalntaln a game depart ment exhibit at the Inland Empire Sportsmen's and Tourist fair which be gins at Spokane April IS. Five counties have filed an answer to the complaint of the Mountain States Telephone company that tin taxes are unfair and should bo reduced. Representatives of Jerom. Burlsy, Paul. Buhl. Rupert and Oakley have completed plans for a six-team base ball league for Southern Idaho. To Rxvt the eitpense of constructtng a new state natatorlum at Lava Hot Springs. Slate Treasurer Eaglnson has been aaked- to fell state bonds to the amourtt ot 3000. Tlecause")f faithful service for two vears ka chauffeur, J. Ovlet of llolne lias received a legacy of $13,000 from Mrs. J. H. l'cory of kit, Loula Purchase of 25 purebred Jersey cows at an average price of 30 per head for the Twin Kalis county calf club boys Is announced by tho extension division of the Idaho university. Richard T. Eddy, examiner for ths interstate, commerce commlsulon, has recommended the dismissal of the caa Involving through freight rates from points on tho Caldwell traction line to eastern points. The Journal Exposed Crime in Heinous Case Which Officials Ignored On August 29. 1909, Mrs. Kdlth Pepoon. who had been Edllh Wolcott of Portland, was found dead In the lonely Crossan cabin, near North port Wash. Three orphaned chil dren wept over the crumpled form, vainly pleading for mother to waken and care for them. The circumstances were suspicious. Mrs. Pepoon has been In good health. The husband acted strangely. Ray Wilson, a convict on parole, disappeared without explanation. Vet a coroner's Jury, on the most superficial of inquiry, returned as Its opinion a verdict teat Mra Pepoon had come to her death through heart failure. Mra D. W, Wolcott aged mother of Mrs. repoon,, was not satisfied with the finding. In vain : she nloaded with the Washington au thorities to Investigate her daugh- J tar's death more thoroughly, bne Insisted that herdaughter was the victim of foul play. Mortora Crossan, the elderly owner of the cabin, shared hor view. The inevitable "woman In the case" as a motive for a possible murder was suggested. Mra . Wolcott's helpless buffeting against -the indifference Of Uf au thorities attracted, tha attention and sympathy ot The -Journal. - This newspaper made the Investigation, which had been off totally, withheld. Mrs- Pepoon's body, was exhumed and brought to Portland for a post mortem examination ot the stomach, which disclosed the presence ' of strychnine. , Circumstantial ; evi dence . waa .gathered that pointed more and snore clearly -to the guilt of George I.. Pepoon, former theo logical etudent and .husband, of EdUh Pepoon. The peopla in the vlclntty of North port became so en raged that the warrant for, Pepoon's arrest was served even. before tha post mortem was concluded. . Ia the following May he was found guilty Of murdering his wife. . This Is one of the Outstanding Instances where by use ot Its -largo resources for InvestJgatVon and the arousing of publla sentiment The Journal secured the,: exposure ad 'punishment xft guilt and crime. T