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Give me the boy who route when he is
praised, who profit when he i encouraged
and who cries when he is defeated. Such a
boy will be fired by ambition: he will be
stuns by reproach and animated by prefer
ence; nerer shall I apprehend any bad con
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Quintilian.
-THE WORLD'S TONIC
WORK is recommended by Theodore-
II. Price, editor of Com
merce and Finance, as a tonic for ills.
He says the need of recreation has
been over-emphasized in America.
: Does one ever feel better, ever feel
more physically fit, than after an ar
( duous task has been successfully com
pleted? Isn't accomplishment a stim
ulant of bodily and mental spirits?
After a wholesome day's effort a
worker steps confideLtly from his of
fice, his shop, or othpr environment
of toil out into the world. At the
door he hesitates, inhales the fresh
' air. and walks, hpad erect, among his
neighbors. He feels that he is a pro
ducer, an asset to the community.
There Is no one to question that he
is entitled to his share of the fruits
of community effort. He has earned
It. He is somebody.
A healthy day's work makes for a
healthy body and healthy mind. He
who shoulders his share of the
world's burdens rightly feels that he
earns bis share of the good things
of life.
It is the parasite, the man who lives
from the toll' of another, the man who
produces nothing, gives nothing for
his keep, that has the frail mind and
ailing body. He is the man who neeIs
the world's tonic work.
A homeless little yellow cur,
known aa the graveyard dog, was
found dear oa his master's grave
near Hamburg, Ohio, after a recent
blizzard. For five years he had kept
lonely vigil, leaving the grave but
once a day to stealthily forage for
bones and crumbs about family gar
bage cans. When and where does
lordly man, pretentious man who
boasts that he is the noblest animal
on the earth, present such devotion?
TALE OF A TIDY
AN OLD tale is told of the new tidy
that grandmother knit and hung
on the old roek.ng chair. Then came
y a new chair to go with the tidy, new
furniture for the room to go with the
chair, new furniture for the house to
go with the room, a new house to go
With the furniture, a new barn to go
-with the house, and finally new
fences, teams and tools to go with
the house and barn.
. In . securing for Portland initial
shipments 01 phosphate rock from
Idaho on consignment to Japan, the
.first decisive factor was the rate,
which was 5 cents a hundred pounds
less to, Portland than to Seattle. But
the distance from the phosphate
chipping points in Idaho to Portland
is 745 miles; to Seattle, 928 miles. The
advantageous rate was based upon
this city's advantageous location.
' To the rail rate was speedily added
an attractive handling charge by the
- dock commission and then the bulld-
- trig of bunkers to handle the material.
The old question of ships to carry
the phosphate rock . was raised, but
- was settled by an announcement a
: f ew days ago that the Toyo Kisen
Kaisba, one of the greatest of the
Japanese steamship lines, had se-
- lected this port for regular 30-day
sailings. With the heavy phosphate
took must be provided, In order to
complete ''cargoes, bulky but lighter
: commodities, such as lumber and
grain. Thus a rate developed use. of
port facilities, attracted a great 'steam-
nip line and opined the way for, the
WHEN LEAGUERS COME No. 17
CURIOUSLY enough, the first of the war prices to drop Is on products
of the farm. While everything the farmer bought was still going up
ward by leaps and bounds, hogs declined from $22.50 to around $14, Cattle
dropped from $14 and $15 to $10 and $11. The livestock herds of Lake county
were reduced fully oo per cent last year and stockmen are expecting to reduce
them still further this year.
And this is taking place at a time when in 1900 there were 89 head of
cattle U each 100 persons in America, while now there are but 42 head of
cattle to each 100 Inhabitants. The figures are from government reports and
were recently quoted on the floor of the senate by Senator Capper of Kansas.
"Unless the farmers problems are considered with more sympathy by the
public generally, and especially by congress, a considerable part of our
country may go hungry before many years," said Senator Capper, in his
address. He added:
. Fa.7?m".Uive b?-n ?an?baed by the disgraceful agricultural economic sys
tems until the camel a back ; s broken. They are leaving the farms this spring
bY ?? of. f-h0"ands. Already the abnormal congestion of the huge centers
?' i lJVuch TP- are having trouble In feeding the city population.
r. " w bo,uti Quick' m the treatment of the agricultural interests of
America, a real food ahortir w i x .i ... o - . u
f?n ?il Htlf WJfy in,wnlcn Vhe fa"nr"
vr i. t. Ir . . agriculture in a recent survey or 3 it rarms tn
rltn. .V. " d,pclo"l that there had been a decrease of the people on the
th. e v i VT cent in the last year, and that the number of hired men on
-Tffii 2 d decreased 17 per cent. If this ratio holds good for the entire
Xn(1 ,th.er.' Is, reason to believe that it does it means that 25.000
S?.t V k fhe farm? I" JMa one tate to go to the city. They are getting
rK th business which has been the goat of lawmakers, middle men and
ST .m1 tOT the paBt three years, and going toward the great "white way" to
a.. 1 m?re nunry mouths to population the farms must feed. And. the
theworldrrn conditions prevail in the great middle west the food center of
A startling statement in Senator Capper's address was the announcement
that "in what is generally considered to be the prosperous agricultural state
of Iowa not more than one tulrd of the farm boys who were in the army
are going back to the farms." - .
The figures as to the returned service men were obtained from a report
of the Iowa free employment bureau. The bureau reported that "most of them
want city jobs." Senator Capper continued: "
n..einCOUIs .P1 Jwant. cLty ,obB- Can yu blame them? When they consider
It 1. a nundred drP In hogs, which put the price far below the cost of produc-
.?;J1 J" in2. w?nd.lr .th.?.5r leav the 'arm- Tn "ports of the agricultural de
PffHpe"1 ind'cate that the average income of the American farmer is less than
n?5f2LV.ihe .ave.raKerr.wae of a carpenter, a bricklayer, a painter or any other
organised city trade. The young men of the farms are not fools. You cannot
hand thern a further supply of inflated atmosphere about the beauties of farm
life and then ask them to produce hogs at a loss at $5 or $6 a hundred.
benator Capper pointed to the increase in tenant farmers as evidence of
the decadence of rural industry. In Kansas, there was an increase of 190
per cent in the proportion of tenant farmers from 1860 to 1910. He added that
the census of this year is going to show a still more alarming condition.
He went on to say:
The farmers cannot continue to pull themselves up by the boot straps. There
s one county in Kansas Sumner with 55 per cent of tenant farmers, and vou
inr at .at ,n,d.Lcate8ll. And her fs another example in Lincoln township
in Pratt county. Where there were 13 nr r.nt nt t.nn. i men .1
"w m.?re.tnan.6' Pr cent. And you
hoV 7 L and indlana a"d Oh'o ard all
nas 72 per cent tenanta Aa shown hv the
as a whole was 25 6 in 1880. 28 In 1890. 35.3 in 1900 and 7 in mo .Many leading
thmkers on agricultural economics believe that the census of this year will g!
rtL5' between 45 and 50 per cent with hundreds of counties above 60 ner clnt
i. pa some, 48 nlBn as 75 per cent. What else can you expect in view of
t. arhy rCJVi'c 8y?tem hav allowel to grow up in which the producer
gets such a small part of the consumer's dollar?-
This is part explanation of why a plan of state socialism has become en
trenched in North Dakota and is now sweeping through adjoining states.
Things do not happen without cause. Movements do not originate from acci
dent. No better proof of Senator Capper's position as to American farm life
could be supplied than is the advent of the Non-partisan league, its assault
upon private business and its arrayal of group against group.
Why should not representatives of business and agricultural life in Ore
gon get together and each seek to find out the viewpoint of the other as a
means of averting a class conflict in this state?
development of Important Oriental
trade in other directions.
The oral hearing of the Columbia
basin rate case was conducted before
the interstate commerce commission
on Saturday. The action is based upon
an appeal for rail rates which will
recognize the advantages in distance
and transportation cost which ports
of the Columbia possess through their
watCr grade relation to the interior. -
Let those whp are uncertain of the
value of victory in this just action
study the broadening effect of the
phosphate rock rate differential.
What's the use? All these years
the popular Ideal of the gallant
swain has been the redoubtable six
footer of distinctly heroic mien and
gallant manner. Tet here comes
Watson, the "Bluebeard," whose
wiles women could not resist and
who married 26 of them, sallow,
homely, cheek-scarred, left eye out
of line, less than middle height.
Eugenics has lost one of its strong
est talking points.
ABSCESS AND RASH
A CORRESPONDENT of the county
commission likens the rubbish
filled gravel pit on Powell Valley
road to an abscess. In that event the
diffusion of tin cans along our scenic
highways is a rash, the4symptom of
diseased citizenship.
As a matter of fact, a properly
screened dumping ground, in every
neighborhood, where inorganic ma
terial might legally be placed, would
undoubtedly do more to protect the
future of our refuse bordered high
ways than even the $50 reward which
the county commission has in public
spirited fashion offered to those who
inform upon those who leave the tin
cans there.
The mayor, the city councal, the
county commission and the public are
alike interested in maintaining the
beauty of scenic highway environs.
The search for rubbish strewers
might well include surveillance of the
thoughtless individuals who litter the
roads. Sunday by Sunday, with the
withering branches of flowering
shrubs. v
The impulse to bring from outdoors
to indoors a bit of springtime's
floral offering is understandable. But
to gather great clusters, as occurred
on the Columbia river highway last
Sunday, and then throw the flowers
and the greenery away, is as wanton
a defacement of natural beauty as the
most audacious acts of tin can dis
tributors. Two phases of the "overall craze"
give rise to doubts of its perma
nency. The first is that It la a
"craze." The second is that before
It had continued long, alert specu
lators would be cornering the denim
supply and cotton and wool would
together cling to the same, dizzy, H.
C. L. perch.
THELMA PAYNE
"pHREE times American champion in
fancy diving by women. Miss
Thelma Payne of Portland has become
nationally known in the field of ath
letic sports.
It Is gratifying to her many friends
In Portland. It is added distinction
Iq that very excellent institution,, the
leaving the farm Is supplied by the
will find the same conditions in Missouri
points East. De Kalb county, Illinois,
r.nmo ik. rr.o- r- .v.. ...'
Multnomah Amateur Athletic club,
and more especially to Jack Cody, the
club's highly capable diving and swim
ming trainer, under whose instruction
Miss Payne has risen to fame.
But more than to all other influ
ences combined, her high place as a
champion is due to the patient work
and methodical application of the
young woman herself. She set a goal
for herself, and in the comparatively
brief time that she has been in the
lists, Miss Payne has painstakingly
devoted her spare time to perfecting
herself in her art. It'is example of
what can be done by all who deliber
ately adopt a purpose and set out
with determination to attain it.
No champion wears her honors more
modestly. The struggles in the arena,
the plaudits of the crowds, the place
in the public eye' have not turned the
innate modesty of Miss Payne from
Its original purity and. native charm.
She stands a good chance to be sent
to the Olympic games' at Antwerp and
there to become the champion woman
diver of the world. And that would
be a consummation very pleasing to
Portland.
The day before, he had performed
his daily taitfc of hauling baggage
from the depot in a Vermont town.
The morning after, he was found,
stark and stiff, dead at 42. He was
Vermont's oldest horse, a purebred
Morgan, worthy of the best ' tradi
tions of the strain. He bore the
historic name of John Paul Jones,
and. in his way, did It honor.
RENT PROFITEERS
Oil I L A D S L P H I A'S tenants were
a forced .to organize an association
to secure recognition of their rights.
New York's tenants were compelled
to go on strike and wait for hours on
rainy streets until tardy officialdom
adjusted their claims. San Francisco's
renters found no inspiration for ac
tion save in the example of Philadal
phla's organization.
In Portland, the city is making an
attempt to curb the rent profiteer. An
ordinance is to be submitted to the
council Wednesday by Mayor Baker
compelling apartment owners to ap
pear before a fair rental committee
and submit statements of earnings
and Investments. .Prosecution for
profiteering is apparently the altern
ative of the city in case owners are
found to be making more than a fair
profit.
The investigation is proper func
tioning of city government. It is the
duty of officials to protect the public
against invasions of the profiteer or
others who obtain extortionate profits
by availing themselves of unusual
conditions brought on by a war.
The Portland city government, m
the rent problem, is apparently mak
ing a sincere effort to fulfill a pub
lic duty.
Profiteering In potatoes, meat and
fruit will intensify public approval
of the cooperative marketing move
ment which asks merely the cost of
production plus a legitimate profit.
WINDOW ANGLING
AMONG the varied expressions of
the piscatorial art there is that
which Is known as fishing for the love
off Ish and, likewise, .the Jbetter known.
and' more successful practice of fish
ing for the love of fishing.
And as women often Indulge in what
is denominated window shopping, so
the angler who has been restrained
from the out of doors by weather or
domestic priorities is prone ' to gaze
long and earnestly Into the show win
dows of tackle stores. What he sees
there accept the confession of one
who does it is not the gaudy trout
fly, but the trout for which it was
intended and the swirling stream
where "salmon iridiscens" makes his
home.
After a certain period of window
angling, the enthusiast takes himself
and his savings within the door of
his favorite store. Such a one did so
on Saturday.. He had dedicated for
recreational purposes the full sum of
123.75, but he intended not to exceed
$22 for tackle and the remaining $1.75
for Sunday gasoline. He bought a
rod, and flies both dry and wet. He
took title to spoons and to , leaders
and a line. He acquired sinkers both
small and large, small hooks and con
temned salmon egg bait. He looked
upward at the balcony display of
those baskets called creels. But be
fore he bought, he thought. "The
bill," said the tackle dispenser, cheer
ily, "Is now $23.75. What more will
you have, a nice, new basket?"
"No," choked the former enthusiast.
"NdT until later."
And if you chance to see him on a
stream within walking distance, with
a new rod but an old basket, you will
know that this tale of the reel is real.
THE TREATY AND
THE SENATE
NO. 11
Reservation as to Nations' Voting
Strength Was One of the
League's Great Obstacles
Bj Crl Smith. Washington Staff Correspondent
of The Journal.
Washington, April 19. Reservation
No. 14. often referred to as the Lenroot
reservation, relating to voting strength
in the assembly of the league, was not a
part of the original Lodge reservations.
It was voted in with Lodge's consent
ana support, however, and became one
of the greatest obstacles to any final
agreement.
It will be recfclled that under the
league covenant the council is the execu
tive body and the body which it is con
templated shall function in the adjuat
men' of disputes. a. it is composed or a
small number, nine, and may be called
quickly and act quickly.
The assembly; In which each mem
ber of the league has one vote and not
more than three representatives, will
meet occasionally to pass on amend
ments, admit new members, take up
questions or international concern, and
sil as a deciding tribunal if disputes are
carried up to it- in a sense, and this
perhaps the most important of- Its func
tions, the assembly serves as the forum
of small nations, wherein each is a unit
on . a basis of equality. It was the
ratural thing, therefore, that the self
governing colonies of Great Britain,
countries like Canada, which are in ef
fect Independent, should aspire to be
recognized In the assembly, and to be
given the right to cast votes of their
own. Their insistence, combined with
consideration of their sacrifices in the
war, won them that recognition in the
covenant.
That recognition, which friends of the
league everywhere defend, is challenged
and impaired by the Lenroot reservation.
The difficulty comes not from Great
Britain, as was evidenced in the letter
of Earl Gray to the London Times, but
from the colonies, equally evidenced by
the statement of N. W. Rowell, presi
dent of the Canadian privy council and
acting secretary of state, specifically de
claring the Lenroot reservation unac
ceptable and saying:
"Canada cannot and will not consent
to any impairment of her status and
voting rights under the treaty."
So, too, .was a statement of Jan C.
Smuts, premier of South Africa, who
wrote :
"I regret deeply that the senate has
made such a dead set at the equality
of voting power given to the young
rations of '.he British commonwealth
Why should America, once also a Britiln
colony, grudge us our entry into the
great family of free states through the
portals of the league? But here, too, I
feel she will yet understand."
Here should be qvoted the reservation
hi its final form, it having undergone
some changes in language since first
pioposed:
"Until part 1. being the covenant of
the League of Nations, shall be so
amended as to provide that the United
States shall be entitled to i cast a num
ber of votes equal tp that which any
member of the league and its self-governing
dominions, colonies, or parts of
empire in the aggregate shall be en
t'lled to cast, the United States assumes
no obligation to be bound, except in
c&ses where congress has previously
given its consent, by any election, de
cision, report or findine nf th r-niinfil
or assembly in which any member of
ijib lrasue una jis sen-governing aomln
'onp. colonies or parts of empire in the
aggregate have cast more than one vote,
"The United States assumes no obliga
tion to be bound by any decision, report
or finding of the council or assembly
arising out of any dispute between the
United States and any member of the
league if such member, or any self
governing dominion, colony, empire, or
part ot empire united with it politically,
has voted."
To the last paragraph of this reserva
tion there was no particular objection.
It is interpretive. President Wilson re
peatedly stated that this was his un
derstanding of the covenant as it is, and
Earl Gray said the same thing. To
make this clear and beyond question,
this part of the reservation was not con
troverted. The first narL 1
voice of the colonies in the assembly In
ny maiier wnaiever. is wnat occasioned
the trouble.
The proponents of the reservation jus
tified their position by saying that this
was needed to safeguard the United
States from being allowed to cast only
one vote, while "Great Britain has six."
This,, of course, is not even a correct
statement. Great Britain in any event
wod have only one vote, but the col
onies would for themselves have a vote
on questions in which no part of the
British dominions wan involved vrrm
Johnson and the irreconcilables seized
upon me cry that "we have only one
vote to Britain's six." They saw in that
a chance to stir up prejudice and rouse
popular indignation against a league
that "failed to protect America." This
cry, not even technioallv tmio on
sentially untrue when fairly considered.
snores uTe , suosianuai. incontestible
facts, which together refute the "six to
one" bogey. Here they are;
L The active administrative body of
the league Is the council of nine, and
the aaaemblv will mat mi.
. IUU dfUCIU'
ly. , when needed. - for. example,, to con-,
aider amendments, admit" new members,
or consider broad policies. -
2. If the dispute were between the
United States and Great Britain, or be
tween this country and Canada, and
the dispute did finally reach the as
sembly, the vote of this country and the
six Votes of Great Britain and her col
onies would all be excluded. No six
to one In that.
J. It the dispute were between the
United States and some non-British
country, the decision would have to be
concurred In by all the members of
the council and also by a majority of
the others in the assembly, exclusive
of the parties to the dispute. The loser
on such a verdict of world opinion would
at least have the presumption of a bad
case.
4. At least three of the self-governing
colonies, Canada, Australia and New
Zealand, have international interests
similar to the United States in the Pa
cific and their votes would be an as
set rather than a liability in questions
deaUng with any Asiatic menace.
5. The United States would - have as
strong an expectation of influencing or
controlling the votes of such countries
as Cuba, Haiti, Panama and Liberia,
as Great Britain can hope for in the
case of Canada, Australia, New Zealand
and South Africa.
Much, more could be said in elabora
tion of these and other points, but
enough is here Indicated to show the
material points of the controversy and
why the recognised friends ' of the
league in the senate objected to the
drastic part of it- Senator Hitchcoek
proposed as a substitute the following :
"That in case of a dispute between
members of the league, if one of them
have self-governing colonies, dominions.
or parts which have representation in
the assembly, each and all are to be
considered parties to the dispute, and
the same' shall be the rule If one of the
parties to the dispute is a self-governing
colony, dominion, or part. In which case
all other self-governing colonies, domin
iens or parts, as well as the nation as a
whole, shall be considered parties to
the dispute, and each and all shall be
disqualified from having their votes
counted in case of any inquiry on said
dispute made by the assembly."
The Hitchcock substitute was rejected.
34 ayes and 41 nays, the affirmative all
Democrats. Three Democrats, Gore,
Keed and Shields, voted with the Re
publicans in the negative. The Lenroot
reservation was then voted in by 57 to
Z0, the affirmative including 17 Demo
crats.
This brings the present series of ar
tides to the most important of all the
reservations, the one on Article X. which
wu left until the last, as this was the
most logical method of treatment, and
follows the order of the senate debate.
Article X will therefore be the subject
next considered.
Letters From the People
(Communications lent to The Journal for
publication in this department should be written
on only one side of the paper, should not exceed
300 words in length and must be sicned bjr the
writer, whose mail address in full must accom
Any the contribution.
ARGUES AGAINST SOCIALISM
Placer, April 7. To the Editor of The
Journal I am receiving Socialist liter
ature. Where it comes from I do not
know. The senders must think I am a
Socialist. If so, they have another guess
coming. However, I am not so biased
but 1 read it all. Socialism and reac
tionism are about alike to me. Socialism
at present seeks rule by mutual consent
but no doubt if they were in power the
Socialists would force their doctrines
the same as . reactionerles do. If we
lived in a country where our clothes
would consist of a breechclout and
could shake a tree and get a week's pro
visions, with no strife and no desire, I
might be a Socialist. No man could
make more than his neighbor. Strife
would be a thing of the past and man
would be dead. This theory looks back
ward, in a sense, and will never fit
man's destiny. While there is strife in
man there is hope of attainment In Ufa.
To cripple strife is to retard man's de
sire for knowledge. Socialism seeks to
make us all alike, which is an impos
sibility. There would be no object to
strive. When we take this away from
man there is nothing left m this world
worth living for. N. H. Blalock.
Olden Oregon
Provisional Government's Postal De
partment, noi a f inancial success.
The provisional government estab
lished its own postal department in
1845. Colonel WiUiam G. T'Vault was
appointed postmaster general and $50
was appropriated by the legislature to
support the department. Postoffices
were set up and postmasters appointed
in the counties south of the Columbia
river. The rate between any Oregon
postoffice and .the Missouri river was
50 cents for a letter of a single sheet.
After nine months' service the post
master general gave notice that the
receipts for the three quarters were in
sufficient to pay for the expenses of
one quarter.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
Ever time the sugar trust, dips an
other divvy outer our pockets the United
States senate talks about Investigate'
and goes a-pokin' about, wise and slow
and blind. -When' the shoe trust robs
us of $10 or so on a pair of shoes the
honorable house of representatives does
likewise. Then the trust family comes
back fer more, and still more. It re
members rrie of the time in Vacca
county, ' Texas, when the first panic
after the Civil War was pulled off and
Major , Pete Hatfield got riled 'cause
Constable Bill Toothacher and Jestlce
Hen McCracken' didn't do nothin' but
investigate at and around his smoke
house time after time when somebuddy
stoled his bacon sides and hams. The
major give out he was goln' to San An
tone, and then laid out in the brush back
of his house and never showed his snoot
.fer three days and nights. Then at day
break one mornin he seen two men open
his smokehouse door and pass out the
hams and bacon - onto a hand-barrow,
and the major whanged away with his
old Spencer rifle he had brung back
from the war. The coroner was a
schoolteacher feller and we signed up
what he said was a verdlck that
wouldn't hurt the families of the dis
eased and wouldn't hurt the major,
nuther. It read that they come to their
death by reason of the major not prop
erly lockin' his smokehouse. The fu-
Ineral of Jedge MacCracken and Consta
nple Toothacher the next Sunday at the
meetin' house on the Big Sandy was at
tended by more'n 600 friends and neigh
bors. M&ANT "V7HAT.HE SAID
From the ' Pittsburg Leader.
"Those women have been setting there
for an hour or more."
Ton shouldn't say 'setting, my dear.
It is 'sitting.'"
"No, 'setting' is what I meant. 1
think they're hatching out trouble for
somebody."
THE WRONG WORD
V. Prom the Edinburgh Scotsman
Daughter A certain young man sent
me these flowers this morning.
Pa par-Don' t say 'a certain young
man." my dear. There is none of 'em
certain until you've r
COMMENT AND
, SMALL CHANGE
The Beavers are coming.
T
Another Sunday with sun.
Hang on to your Liberty bonds.
.Pu.t ,on your blue denims and be
tn style.
Unseasonable note: Klamath Falls Is
in fear of a fuel shortage.
Shipbuilding in Portland may have
suffered a relapse, but it hasn't passed
out altogether.
A Yakima cemetery is for sale. Is It
coming to such a pass that even the
dead can't rest in peace?
The senate is going to investigate the
house shortage. And after the senate
reports what will the house do if it's
found short.
Those who can't find anyone to suit
them among present presidential candi
dates still have the privilege of draw
ing upon their dark horses.
.,ChIcLbanker8 ready to lend
$100,000,000 to people who will use the
money In building homes. Some of the
Chicago bankers must have been hearing
from their landlords.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
Forest Examiner C. J. Kraebel left
Sunday for the Wind river experiment
station, where he will be occupied with
forest research work during the summer
months. Under a recent ruling of the
department of agriculture the Wind river
'experimentfetation has been placed under
the direct supervision of the Washington
office instead of that of the district for
ester here. This step was taken to insure
more standardization in forest experi
mental work. The Wind river station is
In charge of Julius Hoffman.
Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Nippert of Minne
apolis are being entertained during their
stay In Portland at the Multnomah hotel.
The doctor is one of the prominent phy
sicians and surgeons of Minneapolis and
thus has time now and then for a little
journey away from the scenes, of toil.
W. H. Lytle, state veterinarian and
secretary of the advisory livestock brand
adjusting board of the state, was camped
at the Imperial hotel over the week-end.
where he endeavored honestly to find
something other than horses and cows
to talk about Some of these days, when
a substitute Is found for milk and some
fuel less expensive than gasoline is found
to make practicable the more extended
use of automobiles. Lytle will be out of
a job. In the meantime he finds plenty
to keep him busy.
Thomas H. Tongue Jr. and E. B.
Tongue, who are barristers of Hills
bo ro, enjoyed the hospitality of the Im
perial hotel over the week-end. E. B.
is district attorney for Washington
county and the family name has been
identified with the law since well, for
many years.
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Williams of San
Francisco, which Is In California, are
stopping at the Multnomah hotel, where
it has been discovered that Williams is
an official of the Pacific Mill & Mine
Supply company of the bay city.
J. R. Wyatt, now at Albany, lately
of Portland and previously of Albany
again, is a guest at the Hotel Oregon,
where he has been mistaken for the
senior senator from Cook county, Illinois,
and elsewhere. Wyatt Is a lawyer in the
Linn county seat.
E. F. Carleton, assistant state super
intendent of public instruction, whose
headquarters are at Salem, transferred
his interests to Portland for the week
end and for the time being was harbored
at the Portland hotel.
The dark secret has been divulged.
Mrs. Mark Hayter, who Is the wife of Dr.
Mark Hayter of Dallas, one of the best
big prune growers in Polk county, came
to Portland without her husband for a
purpose. Mrs. Conrad Stafrln. wife of
the retiring adjutant general of Oregon,
accompanied Mrs. Hayter. The secret.
The visitors were shown behind the cur
tains of mystery in the. White Shrine in
itiation here Saturday. Both the doctor
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
-
By Fred Lockley
All Uncoln stories are rood stories. Mr.
Locklnjr presents a number of them today. No
more need be said. 1
Fifty-five years ago last Thursday the
whole country was in mourning. I say
'the whole country" advisedly, for
Abraham Lincoln was a true friend of
the South as well as a believer in and
defender of the union. He was shot by
John Wilkes Booth on the evening of
April 14. and died the next day. He
was burred at Springfield, 111., on May
4. During the past few years I have
met a good many persons who loved
Lincoln for to know him was to love
him. Not long ago I talked with a man,
A. B Farquar. who heard Lincoln de
liver his Gettysburg address. A. D.
Cndge of The Journal, when a boy. used
to sit on Lincoln's knee and listen as this
friend of children told stories. It seems
strange to us now to realize how Lin
coln's life was embittered by vitriolic
criticism and abuse. When Lincoln
v.-as a struggling lawyer he was referred
to contemptuously as "a ne'er do well
whose only assets are funny stories and
a lot of friends." Newspapers referred
to him as "the baboon tn the White
House" during the war, and said Bar
num should get hold of him and exhibit
him in a sideshow.
Lincoln's funny stories had the Attic
salt. They were like Aesop's fables; par
ables that taught profound truths. He
had a sense of humor that helped him
over many a rough place. Few have
had greater sympathy for those in dis
tress, and his tender heart was con
stantly getting him in trouble with the
red tape of governmental traditions.
One morning he heard a woman crying
in the hall of the White- House. He
asked Major Eckert, who was on duty,
why she was crying. Major Eckert said
she had come to Washington expecting
to visit her husband, who was in the
army, but that a recent order had for
bidden any woman to visit the army.
Lincoln said, "Let's send her down. Eck
ert. You write an order." Major
Eckert said he had better refer the mat
ter to Colonel Hardie. Colonel Hardie
was afraid sending ber to see her hus
band would establish a bad precedent.
Lincoln thought a moment and said,
"All right, write an order for her hus
band to report to Washington to see
her." '
General McClellan bad great con
tempt for President Lincoln on account
of what he thought was Llncoln't lack
of dignity. He referred to him as the
"snooping president, browsing around to
interfere with my plans." When Lin
coln would call at McCleiian's headquar
ters McClellan would frequently keep
him waiting in his anteroom while he
talked with subordinates. The news
raper correspondents noticed McClei
ian's contempt and discourtesy, and fin
ally one of. the newspaper men men
tioned it to. President Lincoln. Linooin
NEWS IN BRIEF
SIDELIGHTS
More Presbyterians have voted, their
pastor a salary raise to iisiw a year.
A cheese factory, a restaurant, a
second hand store, a Jeweler, a photogra
pher, a 10 and 15 cent store, all are
wanted in oanas, me neraiu asmu.
Automobiles may hurt the horse bust
nu hnt nn machinery, the Crane Amer
lean declares, can take the place of a
good old Harney county cow.
Al Stewart of the Buehner camp at
tiimMil whn claims, the Powers Patriot
says, to be the champion log roller of
the world, nas issued a cnaitenge to
any logger in that section to meet him
in a contest on Coos bay. suggesting July
4 as the date, but will meet anyone, any
time.
Of a notable Eastern Oregon pioneer
the Vale Enterprise says: J. E. (Jim)
Johnson was In town Saturday and Sun
day last, coming down from -Crane to
purchase a supply of machinery for him
self and other sneepmen in nis na
tion. It will be remembered that Jim
has the distinction of being the first
white child born In Eastern Oregon
having been born in Prineville, 49 years
ago, which makes him a native, a pio
neer and a forty-niner.
and the general are robust Shriners and
the women folk have joined them in the
branch of the order of Eastern Star re
served for their particular pleasure.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Thompson of
Seaftle are guests' at the Multnomah
hotel, Thompson, when he Is at home.
answers the roll call as president of the
Washington Machinery k Equipment
company.
Mrs. Lulu D. Crandall, prominent club
woman at The Dalles, where her inter,
ests are not alone in the state fed era
tion of women's clubs and auxiliary or
sanitations, but In the D. A. R.. The
Dalles Historical society, the organlsa
tion commemorating the war of 1812 and
others. Mrs. Crandall Is stopping at the
Portland hotel during a brief visit In the
city. .
C. W. McCullagh, accompanied by Mrs.
McCullagh. is at the Benson hotel dur
ing the time of a visit in the big city.
McCullagh is sales manager for the fruit
growers' organization of the Hood River
valley and claims residence at Hood
River. C. W. Stone, president of the
growers' association, and himself an or
chard 1st, is stopping at the Portland
Will H. Bennett, state superintendent
of banks, residing In Salem, is stopping
at the Seward hotel. At the Cornelius
rial u. ration, saiem stationer and book
seller, was registered. Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. Darby and Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Darby
of Salem are other capital city guests
at the Seward.
E. M. Burnham, president of the Burn-
r.am Phonograph company of Los An
geles, is stepping at the Multnomah ho
tel during a business visit in Portland
Mrs. M. H. Allen, Mrs. Luella Seider
and Miss Grace and Miss Edna Allen
of La Grande were Saturday guests at
the Cornelius hotel.
Walter K. Taylor, whose fruit ranch
is one of the show places of Benton
county,' Is stopping at the Multnomah
hotel while spending the weekend in
Portland.
i
Mr. and Mrs. 8. L. E. Cuddy and
child of Montreal, Can., are among tour
ists registered at the Benson hotel.
:
Henry W. Domes of McCoy, whose
name Is known . to practically . every
stockman In the West, la in town: The
Domes cattle are famous in their class.
C C. Cathey, who works for a Port
land firm, but makes his home in Al
bany, is combining the business of visit
ing the home office with the business
of attending the Shrine ceremonial
which was staged ; Saturday. Cathey is
a traveling salesman and since Saturday
has been a full-fledged Shriner. He'll
be here again during the convention
In June.
said. "Yes, I have noticed it ; but I
will hold McCleiian's horse if he will
only brine us victnrUn "
On one occasion an officer called at
me wnite mousi to get some warrants
for the execution of a lirn mmhr f
deserters. Lincoln had not signed the
warrants, ana when the officer .remon
strated by saying the men should be
made an example of. Lincoln- said, "No,
I won't sign therr. For God's sake, don't
nrgeifie to. There are too many weep
ing widows already. I won't add to their
number."
The day after Lincoln was renominat
ed, in 1JS4, a delegation of Republicans
from Philadelphia called on him and
Introduced an artist who had Just fin
ished an oil painting of the president,
by saying. "Mr. Lincoln, this gentleman
ras just painted a most beautiful por
trait of you." President Lincoln shook
hands warmly and said, "I presume, sir,
In painting your beautiful portrait you
took your idea of me from my princi
ples and not from my person."
When the Rev. Dressier, on Novem
ber 4, 1842. performed their marriage
ceremony, Lincoln placed the ring pn his
bride's finger and said, "With this ring I
now thee wed and with all my worldly
goods I thee endow." Judge Thomas C.
Browne was present, and said, "Mr
Lincoln, the statute fixes all that." Lin
coln turned to him and said, "I just
thought I would lend a little dignity
t the statute."
Lincoln had his own way of investi
gating the records of courts marUal.
Two men who had always borne a high
reputation for integrity, Franklin W.
Smith and hi hmther wv
. . wiiTiuni
by court martial of defrauding the gov
ernment Lincoln went over the papers
carefully and indorsed on them "Where
as, Franklin W. Smith has had transac
tions with the navy department to the
amount of a million and a quarter dol
lars ; and, whereas, he bad a chance to
steal at least a quarter of a million and
wsj charged with stealing only $2200,
and the question now is about his steal
ing f 100, I don't believe he stole anything
at all. Therefore, the findings are dis-
M nnnwarl rtr! a pr1 mil! .
B-S-- - w a.uaa msva Ul(i U.IJU
the defendants are discharged."
www
Everv man haji an Ma nf
toward which he is working.
Ween Lincoln . was renominated a
friend congratulated him - on winning
what had been a hard fltit r.lnni.
aid. "I hope I do not have another
xour years or sucn anxiety, tribulation
and abuse. My only ambition is, and
ham been, to not rfnwn Ihs Mholllnn
and restore peace after which I am go
ing to resign, go abroad, take some rest,
study foreign governments, see some
thing of foreign life, and In
die in peace, with good will toward ail
Ot VrOO s Mwawrse."
The Oregon Country
Northwest Happenings ta Brief form for
Bib Basxist
OREGON
Amateur radio operators at Roseburg 1
vanced -wireless telegraphy.
The executive committee of the Klam
ath county farm bureau has indorsed
the higher educational acts to be voted'
on May 21.
Just nine days aftr the death of hls
wife, after 64 years of married life,
Joseph Misner of Albany is dead at
the age of 87.
J. J. Keber of Mt. Angel has an
nounced his candidacy for representative
from Marlon county? at the Republican
primary election.
Over $100 was cleared for the Ar
menian relief drive; at Sheridan in an
entertainment given by students of Mo "
Minnville college.
The Linn county : farm bureau will
hold Its annual meeting at Albany, April
2 J, for the purpose of electing officers
for the ensuing year.
Kay Vanderburg, a farmer of Lane
county, was killed tjear Florence when
h s revolver dropped from a holster at
his belt and was discharged.
An arithmetic and spelling contest in
the various school districts of Clacka
mas county will begin April 19. There
are 125 schools to participate.
Rev. J. K. Barillbe, for the past 10
years pastor of the Presbyterian church a
of Phoenix, will retire from the minis
try May 1 after 40 years' service.
The Marion county federation of com
munity clubs has unanimously Indorsed
the proposed 4 per cent road amendment
and all the educational measures.
The North Bend chamber of commerce
has indorsed the higher educational
millage tax measures, the state road
bond limit and the blind f -hool tax.
Four big mountain Hons rapped since
January 1 Is the record oi C. M. Hol
comb of Hoaglin, on the North Umpqua
r.ver. The largest pelt was 94 inches
from tip to tip.
According to advices reaching the state
superintendent of schools' office, teach
ers of Harney and Umatilla counties
are making a streeuous campaign for
tne millage tax measures.
A call has been issued by the treas
urer of Clatsop county for all general
fund warrants Indorsed prior to March
8 of this year. Warrants to the amount
of $100,000 are outstanding.
The new Masonic hall of Morris lodge
al Dufur lias been dedicated by Grand
Masttr Bronaugh. Jletween 200 and 300
Masons from The Dalles. Portland and
other points were In attendance.
Three large sawmills are In operation
at Iteedsport and boats loaded with
lumber are making regular trips to Cali
fornia porta In addition a shingle mil)
and a lath factory are working double .
shift.
Mandamus proceeding will be brought
In the state supreme court to compel the
secretary of state to place the name of
Newtor. McCoy of Portland on the Demo
cratic primary ballot for national com
mittcman. WASHINGTON
Hundreds of railroad shopmen In Ta
coma have declared a boycott on the
ascending price of potatoes.
The Moulton Lumber company has
been fined $50 and costs for permitting
sawdust to flow Into the Lewis river.
Electric lights were out for 20 min
utes at Aberdeen when the tube of a
boiler in the Anderson-Middleton plant
blew out
Three alleged radicals being held at
Seattle by the department of Immigra
tion for deportation have mysteriously
disappeared from custody.
The proposition to bond the Wash
tucna school district for $80,000 to build
an addition to the high school has car
ried by a vote of 4 to 12.
At a meeting of school directors of
Clarke county, April 80, the moat im
portant subject to be discussed la the
raising of teachers' salaries.
Organization of a women's auxiliary
to the American Legion has been made
at Pasco with the election of Miss Caro
lyn Churchman as president.
Funds totaling $1407 for the proposed
tourists' clubhouse and camping site
along Hangman creek have been pro
vided for by the Spokane city council.
With no clue to work on, Walla Walla
officials are unable to determine the
parentage of a week-old boy found on
the doorsteps of the Stubblefield home.
The city council of Aberdeen has
passed an ordinance raising salaries tn
the fire and police departments. The
chief of each department will receive
$00 a month.
The Democratic county organisation of
Adams county has called a mass con
vention at Kltzville April 24 to elect 14
delegates to the state convention at
Spokane May 17.
Jesse W. Silver of Tacoma, candidate
for city commissioner, Is offering three
cash prizes for the best esaay written
by school children on the subject. "Why
Silver Should Be Elected Commissioner. '
IDAHO
Striking teamsters and truck' drivers
at Boise have organized a cooperative
transfer company. ;
Charles Frazler, president of the Idaho
Technical institute, will deliver the
commencement address at Twin Falls
high school.
As the result of a charivari party at
Coeur d'Alene, Glenn Williams Miles t
dead and Henry Vose in a prisoner tn
the city Jail.
Six vocational schools to teach sugar
technology in six Idaho towns have been
listed by the state directors of voca
tional education.
Word has been received that Senator
Borah will be In Coeur d'Alene April 21
to deliver an address at the Republican
state convention.
Of Home Industries and
Home Markets The Jour
nal Is a Champion
Portland possesses some 500 proflt
nble and productive manufacturing
plants. Manufacture has fallen na
turally Into five main divisions
wood, food, confections, machinery,
textiles and garments. In addition
Mie manufacture of such paper prod
ucts as cartons has assumed substan
tial Importance.
The local Investment In plants and
equipment amounts to many millions
of dollars. The value of raw prod
ucts used In manufacture Is great and
the value of the finished articles pro
duced is very much greater. Some
50.000 people are on Portland's in
dustrial payroll.
Once the effort to sell home prod
ucts was confined to an appeal. It
ran something lite this: "Buy Made
in Oregon Good"
Then there seemed to be a second,
thought In Industry and the slogan
was styled: "Buy Goods Made In
Oregon, Price (and. Quality Being
Kqual."
Now the home Industry campaign
confines Itself to) an announcement :
"Oregon Quality."
The prices and the quality are right
for furniture,, meats, cereals, candies,
machinery and garments. The manu
facturers rely upon business methods
father than cheap sentiment for sup
port. The support of home Industry baa
ever been a Journal policy. It ran a
long series of intimate studies of in
dustrial plants in the city that at
tracted enlarged support to many an
Industry that merited encourage
ment and patronage. It has been a
consistent user of home products,
whenever possible. In its own busi
ness. It has given hearty cooperation '
to the Associated Industries of Ore
gon, which is ,the organisation
through which the progressive manu
facturers carry on their mutual in-'
te rests to the point of common sue
cess. . - -'-' '
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