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WITHOUT STENCH
THE city recently purchased two
park sites. The Buckman tract in
the Central East Side, assessed at
.196,000 was purchased for 1102,000.
The Spencer tract, condemned, was
assessed at f4,000, and Uie fry's ver
': diet set the price at $58,000. The own
ers asked 175,000.
The purchases are widely different
from those made in the past by the
city. They foreshadow fair verdicts
by juries and reasonable prices by
-land owners. They indicate that the
preposterous prices that have been
collected for Portland reaH estate when
bought by the municipality are par
of the Unretumlng past.
They indicate that there are to be
no more Marquam Gulch scandals, no
more purchases in which the price is
: several times the assessed value, and
- no more verdicts of the condemnation
Juries fixing figures at seven times
' the assessor's valuation.
There are two things that have not
adanccd In price since the opening
of the war. One is gold, the other
unused land. The cost of labor and
materials has held idle property val
ues normal. There Is no reason for
ascension of price. There Is no excuse
on which to gouge the city.
The recent purcnases are of interest
in view of the proposed Swan island
project, involving extensive land deals.
They hold out hope that future buys
'. may be unaccompanied by a stench.
, It was on Fifth between Morrison
. and Alder. It was at the busy eve
ning hour, when street traffic was
hurrying homeward. 'Though auto
mobiles were darting hither and yon
and heavy trucks and motorcycles
- competing for room, and street cars
i clanging their gongs for gangway, a
mother and 6-year-old child walked
" ths entire block alongside the rail
; way track. No bystander could give
single reason for the extraordinary
; performance. Every onlooker ex
..'pectedlat any moment to witness a
bloody; accident. The acts of some
pedestrians are past finding out.
' There Is a Jaywalking law that, for
safety's sake, ought to be strictly
enforced.
A GOOD SLOGAN
UTPO VOTE against last-minute leg-
; , 1 (slation not carefully consid
ered and to vote against measures of
doubtfpl merit" are public statements
: Of his position as a candidate for state
representative by Charles C. Hindman
of Multnomah county.
If alj legislators would act on that
formula there would be more confi
dence Jin representative government
. In 'everything else but a legislature
J "laSt-nUnute" action fs regarded as
unsound. In all business, professional
and other life, it is the rule to con-
. sider well before taking the step
Where; there is even a lingering doubt,
the proposition is rejected.
hTa IvntA a trains! laet-mlrtitta !,!
lation, fend to vote against measures of
, ' doubtful merit" is what the public
' wants.l Midnight legislation is almost
"universally bad. legislation. It is held
t back until midnight because it is bad
Midnight legislation and legislation of
. doubtful merit have brought the leg-
, Islature into bad repute.' If there is
not time to.- pass legislation in the
daylight it is better unpassed. If
, legislation is of "doubtful merfi," it is
' . belter 'unpassed. . :-i 1
We have too mucif legislation any-
way:; jit :!i not' the number of bills
; he Introduces and passes that makes
a legislator. - More usually, H is the
WHEN LEAGUERS
THE program of the Non-partisan league for the state of Washington Is
outlined In an address delivered by a league organizer at a school house
in Clarke county, a stenographic report of, which is in the possession of Trie
Journal. . . i
It Is highly advisable for all to know exactly what is proposed by the
league or these Northwest states. It is better to know in advance of the
Oregon Invasion just what sort of program the existing business order is
to meet when the leaguers come. When they ktw just what is proposed,
the world of private business will know what line of defense to adopt
Hitherto, all discussions of the league have been confined to denunciation
and condemnation without any statement' as to the nature and purposes of ;
tne organization. As has been said repeatedly in these articles, that plan has
universally failed, as the increasing and spreading momentum of the move
ment phowg. In outlining the program for Washington, the league 'organizer
at thej Clarke county schoolhouse said :
I will take up the program of the Non-partisan league for the state of Wash
ington. The first feature in 'that program la state owned powder factory and
packing- plants, cannerlea, creameries, milk condensarles, terminal elevators and
flour mills. That means owned and operated by the state. It means built and
owned by the state at cost, and operated for the benefit of producers and consumers
alike. I
Instead of shipping- your cattle Into a privately owned yard, you will ship them
into a state owned yard, where you will have the privilege of selling to a private
packer and If you want to, under the Non-partisan league program, you can order
them to state owned packing plants, and they will be slaughtered there for you
and warehouse receipts will be issued you and you can borrow 75 per cent on
those receipts from the bank. Tou can get 76 per cent of the value of them at
the time you put them in the warehouse, and they will still belong to you.
The hides of your cattle and the meat still belong to you and you can order them
out Into the market at any time you want
The enabling act which the state of North Dajtota adopted for owning and
building and operating packing plants and cold storage warehouses is so broad
that the state will, if so desired, handle the meat all the time from the moment
the cow arrives in the stock yards until it is placed in the hands of the ultimate
consumer.
Describing the next plank in the program for the state of Washington,
the speaker said:
The next plank In the pYogram Is terminal elevators, state owned warehouses
and storage plants for eggs, fruit, potatoes and other farm products. The farmers
in tne state of North Dakota haul their grain into a state licensed warehouse and
elevator. When you want to go into the grain buying business, you may take an
examination in grain grading. After passing this examination, a license la issued ;
to you upon receipt ofthe sum of 810. You are Dermltted then to ro out and
buy grain. If, for some cause or reward,
i ii u. wuen n inouia oe rxo. i, according u tne state grading, men you win
have to refund to the farmer the difference between No. 1 and No. 2, and on top
of that, your license is revoked and you can buy no more grain in the state of
North Dakota.
In the league program is the state ownership and distribution of water
power. As explained by the league organizer in his address, it is as follows:
That means that the state will seize and own an4 develop all undeveloped water
sites within the borders of the state. The state will operate the sites and dis
trubute electricity to the people of the state at cost A foreign corporation con
trols all the power plants of this state at the present time. Its headquarters are.
in England and its hindquarters are In the Columbia river, and you are paying
13 cents pea KW. hour, and Tacoma offers to sell juice for all purposes at one
cent per KW. hour.
The state will seise all undeveloped power sites and build power plants on
them and operate the whole thing for Ahe good of the people. There is held out
of use In the state of Washington enough electricity by the Stone and Webster
people to outfit a company to build a great white way all the way from Seattle
to New York city and to build street car systems on that white way and operate
them for the free use of everyone who wishes to travel ; and under this new
system, proposed by the Non-partisan league, every farmer will be given elec
tricity at costr and. It Is all yours and will be.. But they won't let you have it now.
There are other planks in the program for the state of Washington that
will be presented in a later article. As will be noted, the plan provides for
state owned and state operated grain warehouses, elevators, milk condens
aries, packing plants, canneries, creameries, cold storage plants and various
other enterprises now owned and conducted by private business. It is a
revolutionary plan, which strikes directly at much private business and which
is purposed to give farmers direct access to consumers on a non-profit basis
beyond the actual cost of distribution. In the address of the organizer there
is no mention of state operated chains of stores and a state bank, such as
are a part of the North Dakota plan.
The program is a proposal to pit state capital against private capital, to
force the business group to go into competition against state operated activ
ities and finally to array one big group against another in what would ob
viously be a very bitter struggle, a struggle on the one side for existence.
number of bills he votes against that
makes him worth while.
Every new crop of laws brings on a
new crop of lawsuits, a new grist of
legislation, new work for the courts,
a new burden of court fees and other,
expenses of litigation to be paid.
What better campaign slogan could
there be than Mr. Hindman's pledge
to "vote against last-minute legisla
tion and against legislation of doubt
ful merit"?
Here is the first reminder in sev
eral years of the time when the
Southern Pacific placidly proposed
to exchange a goat park In South
Portland for certain east side street
intersections which provided the
public its future hope of access to
the central waterfront: The Salt
Lake Railway company offered to
give Los Angeles lands needed in
harbor widening. All it asked in
return were 70 acres a little farther
back; a contract obligating the city
to build a dock 1000 feet long at
public expense; free use of the dock;
use of the property to be received in
exchange without payment of taxes.
DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS
i'
port of a meeting of the Portland
Federation of Women's Clubs ap
peared In Sunday's Journal:
Mrs. G. J. Frankel reported that the
women s protective department had re
cently completed a survey of 123 res
taurants for cleanUness, decency and
general hygiene, in which they found
some : well-conducted places and some
deplorable conditions. She called at
tention to deplorable conditions In local
swimming pools which should be cor
rected. What are these "deplorable condi
tions" in some restaurants, and which
are the restaurants?
The city maintains a department of
public health. Connected with that
department are sundry inspectors,
whose business and only excuse for
employment is to provide against "de
plorable conditions" in any Portland
restaurant.
The public depends on these inspec
tors and the health department to see
to It that all eating places are sani
tary! and the food wholesome. If
Mrs. Frankel's report is true, and there
is hot the slightest reason to question
it, tlie people are paying for a pro
tection that they are not getting. It
is a matter well worth the attention
of the city council.
And what about the swimming
pools? What are the "deplorable
conditions" in them? What does the
city government know about it?
His wife had the "fu," and an
Indiana man cooked breakfast for
the children. They didn't like the
syrup 'he made for the. buckwheat
cakes he had mistaken Epsom salts
for granulated sugar.
WHEN?
THE extent of the switchmen's
strike is extraordinary.
It; was inaugurated regardless of
the authority of the national officers.
Indeed; it Is -opposed by officials and
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you should grade some farmer's wheat j
leaders of the organization.
Lt is a remarkable example of re
sistance in the ranks to authority set
up by the membership. It raises the
question if there is a growing spirit
of resistance to all authority and if
the repudiation of its own leaders by
this and kindred organizations is to
continue to spread.
In the overthrow of governments,
the destruction of thrones and the set
ting aside of existing order in various
parts of the earth, has a permanent
spirit of revolt and rebellion been
created? Is the repudiation of au
thority and the leveling of power to
proceed until many things are changed
or will men's minds presently se,tle
back into normal thinking and the
(Orderly processes of life b!e restored?
As the ocean, after a violent storm
rears up great waves and cross waves
and ultimately subsides Into restful
and quiet placidity, so the tumult and
turbulence aroused in the social order
by the world-wide war will finally
settle back, and human affairs return
to the level of orderly processes.
The question of the time is, how
long will it take, and when will the
world again be lighted up with the !
onnahinn rvf naona r.A ,j n mi, ,
sunshine of peace and good will. That
the day may be hastened Is the Wish
and hope of the millions who are
wearicd and worn with what has been
.., . ... ... . . ...
going on in this disturbed and dis-
hevgled world since the kaisers drew
the sword in 1914. ry a vote of 34 to 43, a strict party vote,
except that Reed and Shields, Demo-
t .i. n . ; cratic Irreconcilables. voted In the nega-
To read the list of the wearing ilve. The jdge reservation was adopt-
apparel of the late Theodore Shonts, i ed by 58 to 22, 17 Democrats voting in
street railway magnate, makes one l"6 affirmative.
gasp for breath. On the list are j; President Wilson never expressed hlm
these: Four panama hats, 13 night 'self specifically upon this reservation,
shirts, 12 English walkine suits. 18 farther than to approve the text of the
sack suits, a dinner coat, three dress
suits, 45 pairs of shoes, 16 pairs of
socks, 16 pairs of gloves, six umbrel
las and 10 walking sticks.
UNITED STATES OF RUSSIA
A UNITED STATES OF RUSSIA, Is th ! ' ,lt
m..h iiv r'4. c. ii 0,1 tne general subject Of the protec-
much like the Lnited States oftlon afforded the Monroe doctrine by
America, is the prediction of one who Sthe League of Nations covenant and
has been studying affairs in the land i'tne sreat step forward which was accom
of the late czars j-plished In securing the specific recognl-
tion of this American policy by Euro
It is altogether likely.; Sovietism, 1 Pean nations, which never before ac
in the very nature of things, will pnowledged its validity, President Wil
oresentlv rtemrfnctratp tt. ln,nro,.l. n.ln ht? Dch at Portland. Or.. Sep-
J7.T ....k."
cability. As a system, it is too in
coherent to endure. Its processes are
too complex to yield lucid and ef
fective results. Sovietism is only a
theory in the actual administration
of things in Russia The real author
ity is vested in and exercised by two
near dicMors. That exercise of au
thority is necessary because a defi
nite policy and final results could
never be realized under a pure soviet
plan.
The chief difference between gov
ernment by the czars and government
by Lenin and Trotzky is that the
former were reactionary and selfish,
while the latter, In theory, at least,
are attempting to better human con
ditions, i
;: Evidently, they have done things to
better satisfy many of the Russian
lower orders or they could not have I ed States is left free to enforce it"
iwlnutoed.th.etj hold .oUvetob
The fact that they use the army asierration win be discussed. ..
the source of their authority Indicates
that they themselves realize that so
v let ism cannot function effectively in
government on a large scale- '
History Itself and the rise and fall
of governments indicate that a sys
tem simpler than sovietism is essen
tial, and that ultimately a model re
public may appear on the ruins of
the late autocracy.
t After drinking three quarts of bay
yum and a bottle of milk and eating
a dish of pickles, a Delaware man has
crossed the great divide. A mixture
like that would send a marble statue
over there with acute indigestion.
THE TREATY AND
THE SENATE
NO.
Differences Over Monroe Doctrine
Resolved Into a Question of the
Reservation's Phrasing.
By Carl Smith, Washington Staff Correspondent
. of The Journal.
I Washington, April 13. Disputation in
the senate over the Monroe doctrine
simmered down at the last to little more
than a difference in phraseology. It
was not a great stumbling block, al
though one of the most important ques
tions dealt with in the reservations, as
the objection of those who opposed the
Lodge reservation was directed more to
its tone than its substance.
In the early debates there was much
discussion as to whether the Monroe
doctrine was properly described as a
'regional understanding." This was
iareelv an academic discussion, for no
0ne could deny that the Monroe doctrine
.nifaiiv.inirnizpd in the leasrue
covenant, whether accurately described
or not- Whatever it is. It was recog
nized. Article XXI of the league cov
enant reads :
; "Nothing in this covenant shall be
Seemed to affect the validity of Interna
tional engagements, such as treaties of
arbitration or regional understandings
like the Monroe doctrine for securing the
maintenance of peace"
The Lodge reservation says :
"The United States will not submit
to arbitration or to inquiry by the as
sembly or by the council of the League
pf Nations, provided for in said treaty
of peace, any questions which in the
judgment of the United States depend
upon or relate to its long established
policy, commonly known as the Monroe
doctrine ; said doctrine is to be inter
preted by the United States alone and
is hereby declared to be wholly outside
the jurisdiction of said League of Na
tions and entirely unaffected by any
provision contained in the said treaty
of peace with Germany."
Viewing the history of the Monroe
doctrine as a policy applied by the Unit
ed States alone, and the declaration of
the covenant that nothing in it should
he deemed to affect that doctrine, many
believed that language could not be
much plainer, and that therefore no res
ervation was needed. The reservation
sentiment no doubt gained ground from
a statement issued by the British dele
gation at the peace conference which
said that in case question arose as to
whether or not a particular matter came
within the scope of the Monroe doctrine,
"the league would be there to settle, lt."
So the reservation, if it has importance,
has it because of the declaration that
no question will be submitted to the
league which "in the judgment of the
United States" comes within the Mon
roe doctrine, and that "said doctrine is
to be interpreted by the United States
alone." Critics of the reservation for
the most part found no fault with the
purpose expressed, but believed it could
be framed more diplomatically. They
particularly objected that in the form
presented by Lodge It might be regard
ed as offensive by some of the South
Anjerican countries that are "touchy"
pn'the Monroe doctrine. It was to meet
(this sentiment that Senator Hitchcock
offered a substitute, modified by a sug
gestion by Senator Pittman, Democrat,
of Nevada, reading as follows :
"That the national policy of the Unit
ed States known as the Monroe doctrine,
s announced and interpreted by the
jJnlted States, is not in any way Im
paired or affected" by the covenant of
the League of Nations, and no question
which in the judgment of the United
States depends upon or relates to such
doctrine, shall be subject to any Inquiry,
report or decision by the council or as
sembly." i Senator Townsend of Michigan. Re
publican, wanted to know how this dif
fered from the Lodge reservation. Pitt-
f' nan replied that "It does, not volun
arily use language which might be con
sidered obnoxious by some of our friend-
natlona." He thought the language
' ueu in me uxige reservation mignt pre-
!w Bome other country from accepting.
- Lodge told the senate the reserva-
i tlon he presented had received "the clos-
i est '""J110" and care," and said : "I
i hope the senate will adopt it as it
stands."
. The Hitchcock substitute was rejected
substitute proposed by Hitchcock, which
at the time it was submitted to him.
ended with the words "League of Na
tions." The remainder of the Hitch
cock text, as quoted above, was, as be-
jfore explained, offered by Pittman and
accepted Dy iitcncock on the rloor or
;the senate shortly before the vote was
.taken.
Etember 15, 1919, said:
"Take the Monroe doctrine. As a mat
ter of fact, the covenant sets up for the
world a Monroe doctrine. What is the
Monroe doctrine? The Monroe doctrine
is that no nation shall come to the West
ern Hemisphere and try to establish its
power or interfere with the self govern
ment of the peoples in this hemisphere ;
that no power shall extend its gov
erning and controlling influence in any
form to either of the Americas. Very
well ; that is the doctrine of the coven
ant. No nation shall anywhere extend
its power or-seek to Interfere with the
political independence of the peoples of
the world; and Inasmuch as the Monroe
doctrine had been made the universat
doctrine, I did not -think that it was
necessary to mention it particularly,
but when I suggested that lt was the
desire of the United States that it
should be explicitly recognised, lt was
explicitly recognised, for it is written
in there that nothing in the covenant
shall be Interpreted as affecting the val
idlty of the Monroe doctrine. The Mon-
i ro, doctrine is left intact, and the umt-
Letters From trie People
r Communication cent to The Journal for
publication In ihi depart ment should be written
on only one id of the paper, ehonld not exceed
300 word la length and miut be atsned by the
writer whose mail addrea in full mut accom
pany the contribution. J
SEEKS TRUTH AND FINDS IT
Salem, April 8. To the Editor of The
Journal I have read your editorial In
yesterday's Journal entitled "Dodging
the Bonus," and to say that I was de
lighted Is to put it very mildly. I was
so pleased that I take this opportunity
to Impose this little bouquet upon you.
Bat are we, every last man. or woman,
going to have the chance to vote our
convictions, and not return such a spine
less congress to continue this political
play with the most sacred duties that
the masses of the civilised world have
laid upon them?
I am clipping that series on the treaty
and filing away for reference.
In my humble estimation of the de
mnnris nf fho m a mu In th. United
States, the right ntan has not yet arisen
to lead the countrv to vlrtorv and neace- i
fully lay the burdens of a noble citizen
ship on each and every one.
I am supporting The Journal because
I believe I am getting the whole truth.
J. Oliver.
TWO REASONS FOR THE LKAGUE
White Salmon, Wash., April 10. To
the Editor of The Journal I am a fruit
BTrOwer from Wnshlne-tnTi' a mmhpr nf
tne Non-partisan leaeue. one who hoDes
f0r concerted political action on the part
of the common people of that state, and
I want to give you two more reasons
why.
I have been a purchaser of fertiliser
In car lots for years. Application of
that fertilizer to my land is all that has
kept up production and enabled me to
support my family, and I am only typi
cal of my whole district. That fertilizer
has been on sale by feeders of sheep for
$2.50 a ton f. o. b. Lyle. : Its application
at that price was practical for many
farmers, and the supply was large.
This morning the agent of a certain
business concern came and told me that
his company has cornered the supply of
that necessity and that lt will sell me
all I want it $32 a ton. He admitted
that nothing has been added to the fer
tilizer but the cost. No; useful service
has been performed.
Now that business concern is acting
well within the laws and entirely accord
ing to business principles. It is not to
be blamed. ' But we fruit; growers face
a serious situation, while it faces an
enormous profit.
Last winter Wenatchee apple growers
procured a vessel to carry a trainload
of apples under refrigeration to New
Yqrk at reduced freight by way of the
canal. The fruit was made ready and
the ship hove to. How did the appiea
stand the voyage? They froze crossing
the Rockies in the dead of winter be
cause the railroad flatly refused cars
from Wenatchee to Seattle.
Where was the public service com
mission? Where were the courts with
those handy injunctions.' What did
state officials do? To: answer those
questions truthfully would be to libel
myself under tlie criminal syndicalism
laws.
But the Great Northern owners reaped
the profit and the farmers stood the
loss. Paul McKercher.
SPEED FIENDS
Portland, April 9. To the Editor of
The Journal The only solution of the
problem of auto accidents is to pass
a strict law enforcing -four miles an
hour as the limit in the business dis
trict. When horses were ;n use people
were satisfied to go that, gait, or six at
the most, and there were no casualties.
In Broadway and the cross streets in
Irvlngton they do just as they please
and I have seen motorcycles going 40
miles, easily, on the cross streets. Make
them follow In line and never pass
without good warning, apd whistle at
every crossing. I have had narrow es
capes on account of just uch insanity
of the drivers. I have often seen them
cut the cornerr within two feet of the
curb. What chance for a pedestrian
who happens to step off. with no warn
ing given of a turn? If the laws are no
good, then let lynch law take its place,
for these crazed drliers. What differ
ence la there between shooting a person
down or knocking him down with a
club and being driven over by speed
lunatics?
The death of the lady, at 12 miles an
hour, cannot be truly called an acci
dent, because of the speed laws. Had
the limit been four miles, she might be
alive now, with her family.
Osborne Tates.
THE ETERNAL TRIANGLE
Portland, April 2. To the Editor of
The Journal The eternal triangle, is the
theme that Is ever flashed on the screen
In filmland, but why always have lt
enacted as a part of a magazine story
when it can just as well be the story
of real life behind the screen i at least
of one moVie queen and king, with the
eminent minister of the .gospel, to make
it more spectacular? If he could not
add to the screen Christian grace, the
real dramatic art with which his church
audience is held spellbound would have
a more advantageous setting. Surely
some film company with an eye to busi
ness will get the vision and .lave that
notable marriage ceremony filmed.
Cupid might be added fwith his angelic
countenance a little changed)., showing
how he lures to the screen three people
licked from the biggest stage and pulpit
actors in the world. Cupid used to
send his darts through the hearts of
Innocent lovers in the .days that are
rast and gone, staying with them to
keep the home fires hurning "until death
Co us part. But look out Tor him i.ow.
He has some poisoned, fiery darts of
the wicked one mixed up in his quiver,
that are causing a merry-go-round from
the marriage ceremony to the divorce
courts and back again a good many
times in the drama of many lives before
the curtain drops and the scene is closed.
Mrs. Nellie Wolfe.
N EVERYTHING
" From the Home Sector.
"Brinkley's going to be married at
high noon."
"So the price of weddings has gone
up, too."
Olden Oregon
Old Oregon Trail Between Baker and j
Huntington to Be Improved v j
The state highway department is now
making a survey of the tld Oregon
trail between Baker and- Huntington
with a view of its early; improvement.
Thls was the first road in! Oregon, being
the one over which the immigration of
1843 came. Previous to that time wag
ons had been left in Idaho under the
belief that lt was impossible to brli g
them all the way to the Columbia river.
It was demonstrated in 1843 that it was
practical to drive all the way, and that
the worst section of road between the
Missouri river and the Columbia was
the Burnt river canyon: (
Uncle Jeti Snow Says:
Up to the Corners last; week a feller
from North Dakoty warned us some
thin' strenuous agin the; Non-partisan
league and told us how them fellers
back there axually packed the state su
preme court and the: standpatters
couldn't help thelrselves. Jedd Hullmyer
axed him if he hadn't never heerd of
ne supreme court bein' ; packed by no
buddy else, and the North Dakoty fel
ler, he said back that he b'lieved Jedd
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
Thing are growing.
Wonder what's happened to the "no
beer, no work" crusaders.
The old -awlmmin' holes will soon be
the mecca of the boys who know Just
where the best ones are.
Civil war in Mexico will not be so
bad so long as they continue to keep It
within the Mexican lines.
e
Sherlock Holmes himself might find
interesting work on the case of that
fellow Watson, alleged Bluebeard.
General Pershing was splashed with
champagne at a recent ship launching
in the East Couldn't have happened in
this land of grapejuice. ,
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There never before was so much build-
lng KOlna; on in Portland and novor
before has It been Rn hard tr flnH a rtlna
" llve- Where are all the people com- i
ln from7 I
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
The redoubtable Augustus Nulle. man
ager of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, a
hostelry that made New York famous,
has come and gone. He arrived early
Sunday morning, took breakfast as a
guest of Manager A. B. Campbell at
the Multnomah hotel, luncheon with a
party of hotelmen at the Highway
Hazelwood at Multnomah Falls, where
J. H. Joyce was host, and dinner with
R. W. Price at the Hotel Portland.
Meanwhile, he accomplished the purpose
of his visit here, which, hisf press agent
announced some time ago, was "to study
Portland hotels." As a matter of fact.
Nulle did inspect the Multnomah, and
fcund there, as elsewhere In the city,
the low rates the most unusual thing
about Portland hotels. Nulle left Sun
day night for Seattle, where he will
"study" Sound hotels. The visitor,
known as one of the nation's best ad
vised hotelmen, proved lt when he ex
pressed very great surprise at the size
of Western cities and the fact that the
Indian wigwams of the fiction supplied
to Waldorf-Astoria guests have been
supplanted by skyscrapers. "I have
been surprised at every stop," yulle de
clared. He made up for an appalling
Ignorance of Western affairs, however,
when he praised the Columbia river
highway as a leading American scenic
charm. He toured the highway in com
pany with five automobile loads of
hotelmen and their wives.
Portland, Or., and Portland, Maine, are
to be brought closer . together through
the first vacation Sherman W. Walker
of the Supple-Ballln Shipbuilding com
pany has essayed in a quarter century.
Maine observes its one hundredth birth
day this year from June 28 to July 6.
Walker, a native of Maine, will return
east for the big celebration. He is In
terested in getting in touch with natives
of Maine who desire to join in the home
going party.
e
Failure of Eastern concerns to supply
promptly building and other materials
needed on the Pacific coast will cause
the early establishment of factories on
this coast, H. B. Rowell of Tacoma be
lieves. Rowel!, in Portland on business,
recently abandoned 'Chicago and located
an asbestos roofing factory at Tacoma.
Six to nine months' delay In handling
Pacific coast orders Is leaving excellent
openings for Pacific coast men to help
themselves and erase dependence on
Eastern manufacturers," he said. Row-
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
Here begin the etorr of one of Lane coun
ty's oldest and most notable pionrer. The
tory will be published in three installment.
In it Mr. Lockley assembles rat deal of that
most valuable of all historical material the
testimony of the actual tiarticipant in the basic
events of a basic period. 1
Eugene, Or. He Is' 84 years old. He
has lived at Eugene 67 years. He has
served his city and his state In many
capacities. He was a delegate to the'
Republican national convention at Chi
cago in 1868. and again four years later
at Philadelphia. He served one term as
secretary of state for Oregon and in
.77 . Z L V .k.1
"?intfd.., "f"1 ' 1
139S was' a
state university. I visited him recently
home in Eugene and foundhlm
able repository of the political
of. the state for the past half
at his
a veritable
history
century. This is not to be wondered at
wnen it is rememoerea mat ne lounaeo
the Oregon State Journal at Eugene on
March 12, 1864, and was Its editor and
proprietor 45 years.
"I was born In Madison-county. Ind.,
January 3, 1836," said Mr. Klncaid in
answer to my question. "JCly father,
Thomas Klncaid, was a Virginian. My
mother, Nancy Chodrick. was born in
Ohio. Mother was 14 and father 30-odd
when they were married. , I am the
oldest of the nine children In our family,
Father could turn his hand to anything,
He was a regular jack of all trades, and
good at most of them. He was a black-
smith, joiner, cabinetmaker and shoe -
maker. My people shifted about through
Indiana. Iowa. Illinois, Missouri, Arkan
sas. Tennessee and Kentucky, and not
finding a place entirely to their liking i farm was about all the property he
they decided to come to Oregon. 1 was j had left. I saved my money till I could
17 years old when we came across the j buy a team of oxen and a wagon. Then
plains. That was In 1853, the year after J bought fruit and vegetables and, driv
tho 'cholera year,' and the trail was lng into the mines, I would peddle my
marked at every camping place as well wares to the miners at a good profit,
ac at many places along the road by ...
graves of those who had died the pre- "My folks wrote me to come home to
ceding summer. Father took up a place Eugene, as they needed me, ; so, leav
three miles southeast of here. Klncaid lng my oxen and wagon there. I came
park joins our old donation land claim." home to our Lane county farm. When
... ,1 got home I decided to stay, so 1 wrote
We talked for awhile of some of the i my cousin, George Chodrick, to sell my
early settlers In and about Eugene i ""i and sends me the mone In a
Eugene Skinner, for whom Eugene is th ,OT two he wrote me he had sold
named; .Elijah Brlstow. a VTrsinlan, f n nd. waJon for
who was one of the first If not the first i . ood price I wrote
i o urmimti aattiar in ijins i and thanked him, and asked him to
county, taking up a 640-acre claim at
Pleasant Hill and building the first
house in that part of the Willamette val
Hy : and Hillgard Shaw, Felix Scott. Ben
Richardson, Jacob Spores, John Brown,
IV uvvure 4V" -
,r-,,.. t.- .r.A miaa Rn
John
C Mulligan. Bill Smith, Lem Davis and 1 ver heard of my $600, which represent
.,1 ,' aattiarf in h vi-; ed my savings for two years. I cut a
cinity of Eugene in the late forties or
itf ;ill
rm l .j luuvo.
"In 1854 I worked for Ellas Brlggs,"
said Mr. Klncaid, "digging a mlllrace,
and when that was done I got work aa
a farmhand and laborer. On June 6,
1855. with my outfit on a packhorse.
I started afoot for California. Hearing
that rich strikes were being made on
was a Bolahevlck and wasn't worth an
swerin'. Curious Bits of Information
For the Curious
Oleaned From Curious Places
There has recently keen placed on ex
hibition at the New York-museum' of
natural history the only giant panda
ever brought to this country. The skin
was obtained from a missionary In
western China. The riant panda,1 which
NEWS IN BRIEF
J SIDELIGHTS
"An Iowa hog has just sold for $40.-
000. That Is evtdently the kind bacon
is manufactured: from." surmises the
Eugene Guard.
i e
The city council of Hlllsboro has
passed resolutions to put up the $16,000
Shute park improvement to the voters
in June, and to put down five additional
blocks of paving at designated areas
where it will do 'the most good.
i
Tval Imnrovenient sote In the Argus:
"Hlllsboro is jus beginning to appre
ciate the fact that the Weil building
' Unds an attractiveness to the city and
if good butldings were oniy orawiutwu
across the street we would have some
fine ooklnK Mai? "I't1'
Ht,rry Bledler Of Wallowa is putting
ln " a7wmHl ni Lostlne and will saw
bnoxa Jn?bmrU ThJ Capacity of the mill
wl j. about 25,000 feet daily. Corn-
mentlng, the Enterprise Reporter ayj
"Th. anu-milla mierht to be located Jn
.,ir hnv nt timber In VN allows
county. The prise is good enough to
make it a profitable business.
ell's factory cost. $200,000 and will serve
building contractors and others as far
east as Denver. He is stopping at the
Multnomah hotel,
Alpine, Leona and Helix are three of
the little heard of Oregon towns repre
sented on Portland hotel registers Mon
day. AlDine is the home bailiwick of W
B. Cobb, who Is stopping at the Hotel
Portland. From Leona come G. H. Cur
rier to the Cornelius and Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Fischer and daughter to
the Oregon. Helix is the home of E. v.
Shippey, a guest at the New Perkins
Alpine is a postoffice in Benton county,
Leona is a Douglas county town, and
Helix is within the borders of Umatill
county.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Goldsmith, If you
please. The combination was created
by a marriage ceremony at San Fran
cisco a few days air o. The happy couple
have returned to Portland, where Gold
smith is connected with the Fleischner
Mayer company, and will establish a
home here. In the meantime they are
registered at the Multnomah hotel.
The Oregon hotel register contains the
names of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Caufield
of Drain, Douglas county town that was
formerly the home of a prosperous state
normal school when Oregon boasted
three such institutions.
W. L. McDonald. Roseburg ; W. R.
Wallace, Eugene ; C. F. Stone, E. D
Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. William
Crawford, Klamath Falls, and Mr. and
Mrs: R. W. Terrell, Medford, are
few of the "down-state" folk who were
oti the Imperial hotel register Monday
The same hotel was host to Marion
Jack of Pendleton.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Wells Jr. of St
Paul, Minn., where Wells Is an exam
iner for the state securities commission.
are at the Multnomah hotel. They have
been touring the- coast.
-
Dr. J. W. WaUek and Mrs. Watsek of
Davenport. Iowa, are at the Hotel Port
land. They are on their way home from
California, where they have been spend-t
lng the winter months, and will visit
their sons, A. R. Watzek and J. W. Wat
zek Jr. of Portland and C. H. Watzek
1 of Wauna. Dr. Watzek is interested In
the Crossett Western Lumber company,
which operates a mill at Wauna on the
Columbia, and in' the Big Creek Logging
company at Knappa.
Lockley
Althouse creek I decided to try my luck
there.' While I was working there my
pony, which had left with a rancher
In the Illinois valley, was stolen. The
Indians were waylaying and killing
small parties of miners, so the miners
In thA Althnnaa " roa i A mi r rt term,A nvs
I decided to take my chances with the
I Indians, so my partner. John Williams,
and I walked to Crescent City, Call- ,
fornla. We split redwood rails there)
for a few months to get a stake. i
"I Invested $20 In a steerage ticket
to San Francisco. I put up at the
Wh-t Cheer house, a hotel very popular
with travelers rom Oregon. I not .
ftrlS'nnVn
! 'f"t i5f f TohTovriirt
' Jobv l"5
Into a sluice box. Soon the water
uvtuiuieu .iiu itiey iia.u 10 my on, bo
, , went tQ MarJ,8vUle where I got a
job as chambermaid In a livery stable. ' tello.
Whn I got tired of currying horses and i Serious charges of unlawful dlscrlm
cleanlng the stable I went to work for inatlon filed apraltist the Mutual Oresm
a rancher named Parka who later ry company of Malt Lake by the Co
JLJTJ ? . Jl nil- J' i operative Creamery company of Jerome
moved to my home town, Eugene. I -, b heard Hl' 3erorM Apr m by
had not worked for him long when he j thf, ,,,ata department of agriculture,
sold out to a man named Hamblln, i
from Maine, so ; I went with Parks to ;
, Colusa, where I split rails. From there
I went to work for General J. A. Sutter,
In whose famous mlllrace Marshall had
discovered the gold that focused the
eyes of the world on California. He
. drove to Marysvjlle every day. He was
j a nice old chap,. I was sorry for him.
; for the goldseekers had jumped much
of his land and the lawyers had got
most of the rest,, so that when I worked 1
for him, what was known as the Hock i
send the money as soon as possible. 1
He wrote back that the money was
spent long ago; that with wine and;
women as expensive aa they were in
California. $600 illdn't go very far nor
, last very I Jong. That was the last I
j lot of logs, rolled them into the river,
i rafted them down to the mill, had them
sawed into lumber on shares, and
hauled them to my homestead. When
I had built a house I found out it was
on railroad land, so I had to get off,
which, after ali my work, was oulte
annoying. I decided to get an educa
tion, so I started to school at Columbia
college, here In Eugene."
in sixe and general shape reaembes a
bear, ia In reality a diatant relative of
the raccoon. It is sometimes called the
bear-raccoon. Its striking black and
white coat and short muzzle, as well as
curious black patches about the eyes,
give it a most extraordinary appearance.
Very little ia known regarding it habits,
but It is said to (feed on roots, vegetables
and bamboo shoots. It is one of the;
rarest of animal, having been nrst dis
covered in 1869, In the, mountains of
Moupin, : eastern; Tibet, by the French
missionary and explorer. Fere David. -'
The Oregon Country
Northwest Happening! la Brief mm for the
Boa Header .
ORKOQN NOTES
Teachers In the'Hennner schools next
year will receive m minimum salary of
$1200.
John H. Seaver. hoorrower of Lane
county, has contracted his 1920 crop at
u rami a pouna,
After a marrlort Ufa nf i vaara R
F. Thrasher of Cottage Grove has
brought suit for a divorce.
Life I nmirArtisk mmniilii nnkatlnr In
Oregon transacted uew business to the v.
or ,ii,ouo in 1919.
The Wflr lurlnltlnd. Xfnn.l. 1 1 jk
has been designated by the city council .
of Ileppner aa clean-up week. '
Two dozen rarltladn nf hnv hura haan
shipped from Baker the past few days
to various sections of the county. '
The Dallas Commercial cluh haa irnna
on record in favor of all of the measures
to be voted on at the May election.
The timbermen'li
Indorsed the higher education tax to
De voted on In t3ie May prtmsrlea.
Mrs. 3. K. McFurland nf I'nttara llrnva
has sold a veal oaJf weighing 113 pounds
for $27. It was half Jersey and half
iiolsteln.
The Medford lodge of Elks will hold
a session April 2 in Gratitn Pnu In
compliment to Its members residing In
mat uiiy.
A heavy fall ttt anow ovar a foot
In depth. In the mountains above Black
KOCK. Polk COUtlitV. last werk rnueed
suspension of logging operations.
The directors Of the John llav Irrln.
tion district tire planning to secure a
competent engineer as soon as the
iinancea or the district are in more
liquid form.
Ground Is to be broken this waek at
Astoria for the construction of a large
meat packing plant to cost approxi
mately $60,000.
The death of Lois Jory Smith, the
16-year-old daua-hter of Ir. J. N. Smlrh
superintendent of the state home for
feeble minded, is reported from San
Diego.
The Keno Power company has sold
its plant and equipment to W. B.
Parker of the Klamath Development
company. The consideration is said to
he about 180,000.
La Grande post of the American
Legion will purchdse a bronze memorial
?? w,n!ch t0 '"scribe the names of the
17 Union county men who lost their
lives in the aervdee.
WASHINGTON
Most of the fiprague farmers that
seeded winter wheat last fall will have
to reseed.
A district convention of Rebekaha will
be held at Centralia May 6. with Ivy
lodge as host.
Mrs. Olive F. Dunning of Hoqulam haa
entered the polltleai ring as a candidate
for county treasurer.
Another large shingle mill la te he
erected at Stearnsvllle to care for the
cedar in that vicinity.
The scale of farm wages for common
laborers at Yakima has been advanced
to 180 a month and board.
Wenatchee valley's great blossom fes
tival will be held May 7. It In propoaed
to make it an annual event.
Hoquiarn has started on a two weeks
clean-up campaign. The slogan Is "Make
Hoquiarn clean and keep her clean."
Julius Wang and Adolph Schmld of
Trout Lake, who 'trapped last winter,
have netted $4500 from their catch of
furs.
The Rldgefield school district la te
hulld a 20.000 school building at once.
Bonds for the purpose have already been
voted.
The Benton county wool clip thla year
Is estimated at L250.000 pounds. At 40
"cents a pound thla will produce about
$600,000.
Daughters of the American Revolution
have ended their state session at Walla
Walla and adjourned to meet at Spokane
next year.
IDAHO
Display of home products Is being
made at Caldwell.
Arthur H. Potach has been appointed
postmaster at Genesee and Charles J.
Simmons at Grangevllle.
The orgalnzatien of a new national
bank Is announced at Lcwlston. It will
be capitalized for $100,000.
March receipts of the office of secre
tary of mate reached J4VJ9. Of this
amount 12376 came from corporation
fees.
Ethel E. Redfleld of Lewinton haa an
nounced her candidacy for reelection a
state superintendent of public instruc
tion. T r k ra u sad uaisir 'rn isu f rw t li . 1 1 i f f
j invs Water company of Malad have
been annroved fev the nubile utllitiea
commlsnlon.
Citizens and officials of Gannett have
made a plea to the public utilities corn-
mlBxion for a railway audit and an
express service.
As an Inducement to the eatahllahment
of the state headquarters of the Amer-
?r lnC 1
' "J
t focateiio. mat city naa
! CBt KtWMn ,100:00 ftnd ,2"00-
About EO delegates, ministers and lay-
1 ' A" '".f,'-1!?
rect. a memorial hall to
, conference at Hoie of Die Free iletho-
i cilfll cnurrn. j ne uminci rnuirHttrs uis
! territory between Huntington and Poca
The Journal Receives From
a Subscriber a Highly
Valued Appreciation
It is better ho be a builder than
a destroyer. It la better to be a
producer than a parasite. It la bet
ter to live by the product of the
toll of one'a brain or hand than to
prey upon others. It ia better, speak
ing newspaperwlse, to have a per
sistently constructive policy for the
community, to be free of entangling
alliances, and never to submit to
any compromising condition that
would abridge Che liberty of fearless
utterance, than to be ulterior, un
scrupulous or forceless.
That The Journal's policies .favor
ably Impreis newcomer ia well aa
those who have, lived In the OregonJ
country longer periods ha illustra
tion In a letter. It Is an unusual
communication and a valued appre
ciation. It was written by Ralph B.
Carr of 4901 Seventy-second street
southeast. F'ortJand. He has lived
in this city 18 months. Here are two
paragraphs from it :
The Journal is the fairest
and squarest paper I ever read."
"I hae taken the - off and
on, merely auhwcrlblng to help the
neighbor children get a present of
some kind. bu I get so disgusted
with their editorials 1 soon discard
It. Any paper that is so partisan
aa to ittack the president of the
United Statea when he la broken In
health, caused by members of their
own political faith, will have to do
aomething else- to get subscribers
besides hating children beg you to
subscribe so thy may obtain a pres
ent of some kind. It is my belief
that the!emano la for only the good
things nowadays and only the In
ferior articles are "forced upon peo
ple. My parentis and all my rela
tions were Republicans, but I am
non-partiaan and all of the younger
generation wits whom I am asso
ciating seem to be the same. I pre
dict the days are gone forever when
one voted the ticket straight because
that's the way father voted. Papers
like The Journal will never have to
hant subscribers and use car adver
tisements to tell the people It is
Portland's fastest growing: news
paper." ; , - i;;;v'-S"
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