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THIS OREGUN DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, TUESDAY. APRIL 20. 1920.
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BEARING FRUIT
IP YOU want a glimpse of the mind
of Europe, read this:
Establishment of an Armenian , re
public is not generally favored, and
"French financiers and Italian interests
are Insisting that the bent means of re
establishment of the Near East .s
through securing the prewar status of
. Turkey except Mesopotamia. Cilicia and
Thrace.
""This is a report of the situation in
the conference of the allied premiers
at San Remo. An Armenian republic
iis not satisfactory to "French finan
ciers." Nor to Italian financiers.
The pre-war status of Turkey V.x
cept as to Thrace, Mesopotamia and
Clllcia, is preferred. Mesopotamia is
excepted because England has set
aside that province for herself. Cilicia
Is excepted because France has taken
possession of that garden of the Near
East.
There you have the key to the whole
situation in Europe. With America
put out of leadership by the Johnsons
and Lodges in the senate, it is, so far
as European diplomacy and European
purposes are concerned, almost as if
no war had been fought and won.
This proposal, at the behest of fi
nanciers, to abandon Armenia to Tur
key is the most heartless proposition
yet advanced.
.. The Armenians were promised their
Independence If they would fight on
the side of the allies. I'nder that
pledge they fought with a heroism and
sacrifice almost unparalleled in a war
conspicuous for sacrifice. They alone
: thwarted the Cerman-Turkish pro
gram of reaching the Baku oil fields
with which to replenish the failing
oil supply of the central posvers. They
., prevented the Turkish army from ef
fecting a junction with the hordes
; of barbarians in Persia and the Far
- East.
Proportionately, they suffered more
than any other people in the war. The
massacres and butcheries they went
through were the near extinction of
a race and the utter destruction of a
country. And for it all they are now
under betrayal.
A new order was won at the Ar-
gonne and Sedan. But the old order
, U back. The presidential aspirations
,. of Hiram Johnson, Henry Cahot
Lodge's personal hate and the partisan
' thimblerigging of the other treaty
rippers are bearing fruit.
And the chickens will come home to
roost.
Prom five acres of ground, a Ken
tucky , grower recently sold $5678
worth if tobacco and $8000 wortlj
of tobacco seed, a total return t f
$13,676. For the tobacco for which
h recieived less than $1 per pound,
the smoker pays $6 to $8.
ELOQUENT SILENCE
MR. SPENCER, counsel for the
O-W. R. & N., was silent before
the Interstate Commerce commission
last Saturday at Washington, D. C.
Hl3v silence was better than much
epeaung. it wa9 golden, silence. It
was loyal silence.
' For the commerce commission was
hearing the oral argument for and
against' the Columbia basin rate case.4
JWhen the 2-ssue was submitted before
three of the commissioners in Port
land and Seattle, all the carriers, the
O-W. R. A N. among them, were under
the? railroad administration. The
O-W. R. A N. had not then an inde
pendent voice. Since that time th
status has , changed. ; t . , s-
'The silence of Mr, Spencer could"!
. mean these things: That the O-W,
ft A N. understands that its interest,
like the Interests of the Inland Em
pire and the ports of the Columbia, lies
In the recognition of the Columbia
water level route. That it recognizes
its natural position as Portland's
transcontinental railroad. That as
nearly as possible at this late hour,
It is aligning itself with its terminal.
There is strong probability that
these assumptions are correct. If so,
the silence of the 0-W. R.4N. was
louder than words, and it is entitled
to the praise, the approval and the
support of Portland and the interior.
On the desk of the writer are
several letters designed for public -tlon.
They are unsigned. The writ
ers do not disclose their Identity to
the paper. For that reason, the let
ters cannot be used. The paper
must, for Its own protection, know
who the contributors are. All news
papers require a signature, not nec
essarily for publication. Do not
waste your stamps, your envelopes,
your writing paper and your time
and effort as well as the time of
busy editors by sending in articles
without accompanying name. They
all go into the waste basket.
UNAVOIDABLE?
r ORONER'S juries, after investigat-
V- ing killings in automobile smash
ups, frequently describe the accident
as "unavoidable."
There Is seldom an unavoidable ac
cident. In almost every case there is
violation of traffic law, disregard of
safety rules, error In judgment or 'n
operation, or defective machinery. In j
either case, the smashup is not una-
voidable. If ever driver has his ma
chine under complete control, and the j
pedestrian zealously observes safety ,
anxioms. there will be few very few j
collisions. j
Failure, of the driver to see the pe-j
destrian, when to all intents and pur- I
poses he should have seen him, has '
been the cause of recent fatal acci-
dents. In one case the driver, after t
his machine killed a man, declared on j
the witness stand that his lights were I
faulty, he told the jury he had warned
his- employer, of the condition two
months before, and that he had not I couraging report or a new and more
seen the victim of the accident until ! favorable attitude by the shipping
he struck him. The police testified board and other maritime and indus
that the man was driving the car in j trial powers towards Portland,
violation of law because of the inade- j But
quate lights. The jury found that ! He also warns Portland that united,
the killing was "unavoidable." I aggressive and ceaseless action here is
Had the machine been equipped I
with proper lights, had the driver not
been operating the car in violation
of law, had he been able to see. it
is quite probable there would have
been no hilling. The pilot would have
seen the pedestrian. He would have
swerved his car or brought it to a
stop. But he didn't see the man until !
he hit him. He didn't see him because
his lights were defective. Was that
accident "unavoidable"?
In another case, the driver told the
jury that there was rain on his wind-
shield, but he declared his lights were
in good condition. He testified that he
didn't know there was a man near him
until he "saw some arms anr. things
go up in the air." Other witnesses
declared the pedestrian was standing
in the proper place waiting for a
street car that closely followed the
automobile.
Was the ra' on the windshield
"unavoidable"? Should not the driver
have been diligent to see that his view
was not impaired? If the lights
were in good condition, why did the
driver not see a man that "was stand
ing in the proper place waiting for a
car" before he "saw some arms and
things go up in the air"?
The law declares that "the head
Jighls of every motor vehicle shall be
capable of throwing sufficient light
ahead to reveai any person, vehicle
or substantial object upon the road-
way straight ahead at a distance of at
least 100 feet." Were the lights on
this car capable of revealing a person
100 feet away? If so, why did the
driver not see the man, except for the
rain on his windshield which was
there because of his own careless
ness? A driver had as well be blindfolded
if he cannot see in front of his ma
chine. And an accident in which the
driver was blindfolded could hardly
be characterized as "unavoidable."
With privately owned utilities
claiming deficits on higher rates, the
municipal light and power plant at
Kansas City, Kansas, reports a sur
plus of $130. 404 and $40,000 put
away In the sinking fund.
PLANS AND RIDERS
GREAT plans have power to stir
men's minds, to quicken imagi
nation and to awaken that determ
ination which is prerequisite to any
worth while accomplishment. But
great plans must be presented in man
ner and terms commensurate with
their greatness. When the first pub
lic hearing on the port, program as
submitted by the committee of 15 was
held in the city council chambers
persons were present to represent the
Interest which a city arW port dis
trict of 350,000 people had in the
project.
Another hearing has now been
called for next Monday. It will be
devoted to consideration of points in
the plan concerning which dispute
has arisen. One of these is the pro
posal to. merge the port and dock
commissions into one state commis
sion appointed by the legislature
and to transfer the title to publicly
owned water terminals from the city
to the state.
Another point of dispute is the pol
icy, which should control compensa
tion for the lands that will be ac
quired by the public In the event that
the reclamation of Swan Island, Guilds
lake and Mocks bottom should be ap
proved. A member of the committee
of 15 has stated publicly that the
maximum payment should not exceed
three times the assessed valuation.
Presumably he speaks with concur
rence of the committee.
An official of Multnomah county,
the assessor, is charged with making
valuation of property for taxation
purposes on the basis of its full cash
value. He is held amenable under
the law for just and true exercise of
his responsibility. Why, then, 9hould
any individual or group, not thus of
ficially obligated, assume that the
public could properly be required to
pay three times the assessed valua
tion, particularly for property like the
tracts involved, which would not to
day sell for the assessed valuation?
Similarly, public concern is en
livened by a proposal to give a log
rolling, back scratching, trading and
manipulating set of legislators the au
thority to name the administrators
of Portland's $20,000,000 port trust.
Two pennies held closely enough
before the eyes can shut out the sight
of the sun. It would be too bad for
riders on the splendid port plan form
ulated by the committee of 15 to de
cide the fate of the real issue.
Can not the committee, the mayor
and the council devise means to rid
the program of petty contingencies
and then put, before the people of
Portland the ' .eal plan in its true
greatness?
,"I have twice been a . soldier's
widow, and my sons' lives went as
a sacrifice to my, country," writes
a bedridden soldier's widow, pro-
J testing against war and militarism.
gave up my home and my last
doiiar to save them. The cry of
my son who was in the spanish-
American war rings In my ears con-
stantly- 'Only save my life for
mother's sake'." But they killed
the peace treaty the way is easy
to other wars.
GO GET 'EM
p XECUTIVE SECRETARY DODSON
brings back from the East an en-
the means by which ships, shipping
lines and industries are to be secured.
There is no closer or more assidu
ous student of transportation, com
merce and industry and their relation
to a greater Portland. No one is bet
ter Informed on what Portland must
do to help herself In these great
things than is Mr. Dodson. After a
two months' study of it all in the
East, his advice is worth while.
The shipping board is in better
mood for allocating ships than it ever
was before. But allocation in the
fullest measure is contingent upon
proper organization, ample traffic and
initiative here. We must help our
selves, or we cannot be helped.
And it is a perfectly fair proposi
tion. Portland codld not ask more.
The time is exceedingly propitious.
Mr. Dodson bears out the statement
j that The Journal has many times
made the East is looking to this
coast. Late increases in rail rates
and further possible increases of 25
to 40 per cent make it necessary to
manufacture here goods for distribu
tion in this field. Manufactured
things cannot stand the increased cost
of transportation by rail.
And W.OOO.OOO people in the Orient
must have goods. And the closest and
most, economical spot for supplying
the enormous requirements of that
colossal population in its gradual rise
j in civilization, is the Pacific coast.
Portland can have a huge slice in
that tremendous business if she bids
hard enough for it.
Within the next three or four years.
Portland will make or break, win or
lose. AnJ it looks as if Portland is
adopting a new go-get-'em spirit that
never fails.
Sir Oliver Lodge found the scen
ery of the Columbia river highway
"entrancing." Which merely goes to
show that the spirit of beauty in the
gorge of the great river is likewise
an appeal to a great scientist.
THE NEW ORDER
A BOLITION of child labor ; an eight
JTjL hour day for women in industry ; a
living wage as a minimum In every in
dustry ; old age pensions, relief from
employment one day in seven and a
gradual reduction of the hours of labor
t" the lowest practicable point.
The paragraph above is taken from
a news dispatch from Cleveland,
which also records the resignation of
Mrs. 7inley Shepard, formerly Helen
Gould, from the national board of the
Y. W, C. A. The statement purports
to be a recitation of the ideals for
which the board will directly seek
legislation. Mrs. Shepard's with
drawal from the board is said to have
been prompted by its decision to be
practical as well as theoretical.
It may be that she has inadvertently
placed herself in position to learn that
the modern trend toward social bet
terment is a fact and not a theory,
a demand and not a discussion. The
tea party social servant is out. of date.
An award 4f $40,000. has been.
made by a New fork jury to a wo
man whose . leg was fractured by a
reckless motorist. .Similar damage
suits In New York have resulted In
these awards: Eyes $20,000, hair
$20,000. nose $15,000, broken heart
1250,000, arms $85,000. legs $80,000.
At that, the value of a whole woman
ts $470,000. -
THE TREATY AND !
THE SENATE
NO. 12
Brief Summary of the Long and Fierce;
Conflict That Raged Around
Article X.
By Cart Smith, Washington Stxff Cotreaponderit
of The Journal.
Washington, April 20. In a- brief
statement of the controversy over Arti
cle X of the league covenant, such as
this must be, only the chief principles
can be considered in. the mass of dis
cussion surrounding it. The main pur
pose will be to keep the record straight
as to the meaning of Article X- and
what was done concerning it. First, let
Article X be stated:
"The members of the league under
take to respect and preserve as against
external aggression the territorial in
tegrity and existing political independ
ence of all members of the league. In
case of any such aggression or in case
of any threat or danger of such aggres
sion, the council shall advise upon the
means by which this obligation shall be
fulfilled."
The article divides in two parts. The
first sentence contains the obligation.
the second refers to the fulfillment. The
obligation Is twofold, first to "respect,?
and second to "preserve." There is -o
controversy over the obligation to "re
spect.!' "The objection is directed to the
obligation to "preserve." The obliga
tion is to respect and preserve "against
external aggression," not against in
ternal disturbance or revolution. No
interference is proposed in the internal
affairs of any country. The obligation
is a moral one. It belongs to the con
science of each nation undertaking it.
There Is no set rule of enforcement. It
is, in short, simply an agreement by
nations that want peace and believe in
doing something to preserve it, that they
will not permit an outlaw nation to do
again what Germany did in 191-1. (Ger
many's act drew all the other . great
nations into war, and the purpose of
Article X is to try by a moral obliga
tion to Drevent another such thing. As
It is a moral obligation, each nation
must judge for itself in the circum
stances of the case wnether the time
is at hand for it to apply force to the !
fulfillment. In this country, that de
cision can only be made by congress.
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There is no Ferious divergence of
opinion concerning the propositions tlyts
stated. In the enthusiasm or argument
some of the bitter opponents of the
league have said that under Article X.
the United States would be involved In
"every Kuropean quarrel" and that
"American boys might he ordered over
seas at the behest of foreigners," but
theFe are mere extravagant statements
which never have been taken seriously,
except by a few extremists. The real
controversy is whether the United States
should assume any obligation to pre
serve a- against external aggression the
territorial integrity and political inde
pendence of the members of the league.
The purpose of the Lodge reservation
was to remove all trace of such obliga
tion, which takes from the league the
great stabilizing force of the United
States. The opponents of the Lodge
reservation contendtd that while the
league contained many other excellent
things, and many believed It worth try
ing, even when 'he Lodge reservattoris
were attached, that In no other respect
did the league offer the world greater
promise of permanent peace.
It is well to record again the state
ment President Wilson made on Article
X at the White House conference with
Mr. Lodge and other members of the
foreign relations committee, which is
perhaps as clear and concise a statement
as has been .made :
"Article X Is in no respect of doubtful
meaning when read in the light of the
covenant as a whole. The council off he
league can only "advise' upon the means
by "which the obligations of that great
article ire to be given effect. Unless
the United States is a party to the pol
icy or action in question, her own affirm
ative vote in the council Is necessary
before any advice can be given, for a
unanimous vote of the council is re
quired. If she Is a party, the trouble
is hers, anyhow. And the unanimous
vote of the council is only advice in
any case.
"Each government is free to reject it
if it pleases Nothing could have been
made more clear tc the conference than
the right of our congress under the con
stitution to exercise its independent
judgment in all matters of peace and
war. No attempt was made to question
or limit that right. The United States
will, indeed, under Article X undertake
to respect and preserve as against ex
ternal aggression the territorial integ
rity and existing political independence
of all members of the league, and that
engagement constitutes a very gray?
and solemn moral obligation. But it is
a moral, not a legal, obligation arid
leaves our congress absolutely free to
put its own interpretation upon it in all
cases that call for action. It is bind
Ing in conscience only, not in law."
The following colloquy later took
place :
Senator Harding : -What becomes of
our standing among nations if the coun
cil fixes a moral obligation upon us and
we reject the judgment of the council
as to the moral obligation T'
The President : Pardon me if I re
mind you that we have always to con
cur in that. '
Senator Harding: "Precisely; but the
council states what constitutes the
moral obligation, if we agree ; but if
we do not agree, then in the eyes of the
world we have rejected its judgment as
to a moral obligation."
The President : "Certainly ; and I
hold that we are at liberty to do that,
if our moral judgment honestly differs
from the moral judgment of the world,"
.Senator Harding: "Then let us go
back to the original inquiry. What per
manent, value is there, then, to this
compact?" ,
1 he President : "The greatest per
manent value, senator, is the point . I
have raised. We are assuming the
United States will not concur in the gen
eral moral judgment of the world. In
my opinion, she generally will. If.it
had been known that this war was com
ing on, her moral judgment would have
concurred with that of the other gov
ernments of the world ; and if Germany
had known that there was a possibility
of that 6ort of concurrence, she never
would have dared to do 'what she did.
Without such notice served on the pow
ers that may wish to repeat . the
folly that Germany commenced, there
is no assurance to the world that there
will be peace even for a geneation,
whereas if they know beforehand that
there will be that concert of judgment,
there is the most tremendous guaranty."
This sort of colloquy illustrates in a
characteristic way the attitude of op
ponents o the league, although Hard
Ing was ostensibly, nominally and in
Lodge fasjhlop. for some, Jkind of a
league. Mis first question conveys an
Intimatlcn that the council could "fix"
a moral obligation upon the United
States. The president quickly corrected
that, since the United States will always
be a member of the council and will it
self have a vote, and the vote must be
unanimous.
.
His next question implied that the
league is not of value if the obligation
is not legally binding, whereas the 'cove
nant itself anticipates the - possibility
of divided judgment and provides for
no verdict UT the opinion is not unani
mous. This may be. and no doubt Is, in
the Judgment of somS. a defect m. tbe
league, but it certainly Is not a defect
in the view of those who are opposed to
compulsion as .against the Independent
judgment of the United States, in
value of this moral tnfluence waa thus
slated by Senator McNary in a speech
in the senate: '
"It ia the Dinar section of the asso
ciation of nations contemplated under the
league, and is the assurance of mutual
support against any external aggres
sion. It speaks the voice of freedom
among the nations and guarantees to
each its full share of sovereignty. It
makes possible and encourages the re
duction of armaments, as no nation will
disarm unless assured that it will not
be attacked by another nation. Nations
which disarm or progressively deprive
themselves of the weapons to repel an
assault must protect themselves either
by erecting a superstate, with an inter
national armed force to guard them, or
by entering Into a compact to come to
each other's aid when an outlaw nation
threatens the use of force."
The next article in the series will
continue and conclude the summary of
the controversy over Article X.
Letters From the People
Communication! sent to Tie Journal for
publication in thia department should be written
on only one side of the paiK-r, hi.uid not exceed
300 words in length and mut be sifntd by tbe
writer, whose mail addreaa in full miut accom
pany the contribution. J .
.WHEN LEAGUERS COME
Aloha, April 15. To the Editor of The
Journal I see by your article No. 14
in the "When Leaguers Come" series
that you wish to inform the people of
the plans and aims of the league so that
private business will know what plan
of defense to adopt. Why are you so
anxious to inform private business in
regard to a plan that the farmer Is try
ing to foster so as to give him some say
in regard to the laws'.' Why don't we
see any farmers or wage-earners in the
lawmaking bodies? Why is it always
some lawyer or business guy who gets
there because they don't want the farmer
to have a look-in? Now 1 want to tell
you one thing : The big business hench
men's days are numbered. The time has
come when the farmer and the wage
earner will have their share of the say.
The profiteers, big and little, are sow
ing the wind and will reap the whirl
wind. The farmer Is going on a strike
for better conditions and Judge Ander
son's injunctions won't scare him, either.
hi. J. Kawson.
WHEN LEAGUERS COME
Portland, April 16. To The Editor of
The Journal It will no doubt be of in
terest to those who are reading your
editorials entitled "When Leaguers
Come" to know something about the
corectness of the statements made by
the league organizer. Y4u quote from
his speech a statement that the price of
wheat at Drake. N. D.. was $1.93 before
the league purchased a flour tniU. and
that they advanced the price to the
farmer to $2.88 ; that the flour was
shipped to municipal bakeries in New
ark, N. J and there baked Into 20-
ounce loavee of bread, which were sold
for 5 cents each.
It is probably not true that the price
of wheat was advanced as stated. It
certainly was not true that flour made
from this wheat was sold as hread at
the price stated. It . takes at least four
and one third bushels of wheat to make
a barrel of flour, and at $2.88 per bushel
the wheat would cost the mill flZAS. By
what hocus pocus they could ship this
flour back to New Jersey where It was
baked into bread and sold at 5 cents
a loaf has not been explained. Ap
proximately 157 Joaves of bread would
be made from 196 pounds, or a barrel,
of flour, and if sold at five cents it
would bring $7.85.
If all. or many, of the statements
made by the league organizers are as in
accurate as the above, their propaganda
is the most deceitful of anything that
has been put before the public.
F. L. S.
TO HKT,P THE CAR RIDER
Portland. April 16. To the Editor Of
The lournal I beg to suggest in behalf
lhe Journal l Deg to suggest m nenaii
Ul L11C 1 .! U-WUlftJIIfc its VI i u kiaiiu
that the Portland Railway. Light &
Power company take off Its inspectors
and many others that can serve us bet
ter If running streetcars instead. Petty
positions is the big cancer that is tak
ing the money, and still: We hear their
cry for a higher fare ! ,
Earn your money, Portland Railway,
Light & Power company, and earn it
with an honest effort, and then with a
sane management in curtailing useless
positions you will not need to hold .out
your "tin cup," begging jfor one or two
additional pennies carfare. The peo
ple are not going to be fooled any
longer. Honest management will be
your only hope, Portland iRailway. Light
& Power company. Mrsi Lydia Nash.
ASIATICS IN BUSINESS
Placer, April 13. To Uhe Kditor of
The Journal There was an article in
The Sunday Journal of April 11 by
Samuel Hill entitled, ''Japanese Are
Good Neighbors." Mr. Hill refers to
some good things, as "bajck to the soil,"
but he does not settle ; the Japanese
question. Any foreigner ' that comes
here and works for less pr runs a busi
ness for less than an American possibly
can is a detriment to the country, and
it does not make any difference if he
is a good neighbor. No American can
compete with Japanese lit labor or busi
ness In this country. Jt Is said the
Japanese own most of the restaurant
business In this state, and the condition
is worse in California. A Japanese will
go into a restaurant business, and If he
can clear above all expenses a few dol
lars a day, he is satisfied and stays.
What American will run a business that
won't bring in more profit? Must we
have a class of labor in this country
this Is below our standard?
It is the same old policy, with some.
that we must have a high protective
tariff "to protect labor and industry,"
and at the same time leave our doors
open to all coolie labor and cheap com
petition in business.
For a long time labor was the only
elsnwnt Ininred hv this mpthod. but now
we see Asiatics creeping into all kinds
of business In this country. Must Amer
icans, who try to live in the American
way and rear families, be In competi
tion with these Orientals? Every
American should 'fight now against this
immigration. N, H. Blalock.
Olden Oregon
Early Growers in Oregon Threshed
Grain in Primitive Fashion.
In 1848 the population, of the Oregon
country was between 10,000 and 12,000
whites and half-breeds. Most of the
white settlers were, stockratsers and
grain growers. Threshing was done by
driving -horses and cattle over the
sheaves of grain within an enclosure.
During this year Wallace and Wilson
of Oregon City constructed two thresh
ing machines, which were run by an end
less chain. Nine grist mills' were in
operation.
Curious Bits of Information
For the Curiou
Gleaned Prom Curious Pisces
Few countries outdo Korea, which can
boast of having two living ex-emperors,
both supported if held, in restraint by
Ui Japanese government : the
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
Trust that Mars isn't getting nervous
waiting for the earth to signal. There's
lota of time.
'
No one has to tell us that the cost of
Clothing has pone up. We are reminded
or it every morning when we dress.
e
;.n,df, If .lhe. and r'' fa" Ket
any thrill put of the fact that the fish
ing boats have left for Alaska on their
annual cruise.
.
Seattle's library reports that 10.000
books were ''borrowed" last year and not
returned. On a smaller scale, we've had
me same trouoie.
A legless woman, who has been an at
traction with a circus in the East is
arriea now, and a contemporary re
nai:k that this is a case wherein her
husband won't have to worry about her
running around.
.Pwn ,n Texas they're buying potatoes
still in the ground, which goes to show
tliat some people have more faith in
their gardens than we have in ours, be
cause it ha been our experience that
what goes down doesn't necessarily al
ways come up.
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MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
After all. there may be a grain of
cheer in the deluge. Snow" to a depth
of 3V4 feet covers Lost lake, says A. C.
Lord, draftsman for the forest service,
who haa just returned from a trip into
that region. Work on the new Lost
lake road has had to be postponed be
cause of the snow. Lord found no snow
whatever about a mile beyond the en
trance into the Oregon national forest
from Dee, but there he suddenly reached
snow of considerable depth. The snow
at this time of year is usually from 10
to 15 feet deep, Lord says.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Nightingale of
San Francisco and Mr. and Mrs. A. C.
Mower of ,ew. York city are stopping
at the Multnomah hotel while taking
in the sights about Portland. Nightin
gale is manager of the coast department
of the American Tobacco company, and
Mower is advertising manager of the
same concern.
A. B. Cordley, director of the United
States department of agriculture experi
ment station at the Oregon Agricul
tural college and dean of tlte school of
agriculture, ib a guest at the Imperial
hotel.
P. W. Taylor, general purchasing
agent for the Southern Pacific railways
at San Francisco, is spending a few
cays in Portland and Oregon, familiar- V
izing himself with conditions of South
ern Pacific properties In this state.
Mrs. Richard ToWnsend of Buffalo,
N. Y... together with Mrs. C. McDougall
and Miss Helen McDougall of Platts
burg, N. Y., compose a party of tour
ists registered at the Multnomah hotel.
The Rev. E. T. Simpson, Episcopal
clergyman at Corvallis. is stopping at
the Cornelius hotel while in the city on
business.
Simplified spelling is in vogue at
Brighton, Tillamook county, which is
the home of Charles Painter. Painter
registers at the Hotel Oregon from
"Brighton-by-the-C."
Franklin Daniel Barrett, once the
Beau Brummell of Albany and now
spreading his charms about Seattle, is
at the Seward hotel. Some time today.
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
I A iu rkhl norm of the i. written by
, -h h. hn a seafarinc man in deed and
! in trnth. is Mr. I.ookly's text today. He recite
! thf P0 nd tl,en ntroduoIel c"tJi" niK,
prnared by an appreciate and competent
critic. 1
After being demobilised my son
Lawrence "signed on" for a cruise in the
merchant marine that took him to the
Hawaiian Islands, where they loaded
sugar, and on to the Canal zone and to
various other ports. He is now at
college. We exchange numerous letters.
I have been able to keep In fairly close
touch with his work through his letters.
Recently we have been discussing felici
ty of phrase as well as facility as a
factor of success in the writing game.
Illustrating his point in a recent letter
he quoted Masefield's well known poem,
"Cargoes." as an example of feliclty of
words and imagery. Hf.re is the poem,
and here is his letter, which is so worth
while that I am going to pass It on to
Journal readers. And first, the. poem:
Quinquireme of Ninereh from distant Ophir.
Kowinc home to ha Ten in sunny Palestine,
With a canto of iTory.
And ape and pearock.
Sandalwood, Cedarwood, and weet white wine.
Stately 8panUh galleon cominf from the Iithmna,
Dippini through the Tropica by the palm creen
nhores.
With a cargo of diamonds.
Emeralds, ameUta,
Topazes, and cinnamon, and cold moidorea.
Dirty British coaster with a salt-caked smoke
stack , ,
Bnttini through the Channel In the mad March
days,
With a cargo of Tyne coal.
Road-rails, pig-lead.
Firewood, iron-ware, and cheap tin trays.
The letter from my son reads:
"In all of Masefield's sea poems there
is evinced an Intimate knowledge and a
love of the sea. But no other Is more
pregnant with significance than Is
'Cargoes.' In three stanzas, one knows
the sea with Masefield.
"Even the most careless reader can
not help but be Impressed with the
form of 'Cargoes.' And the realization
is borne in that no one but an artist,
and an artist who knows the sea, could
so completely give the motion, the
rhythm, and the sound of a boat slip
Ding through the wave. So well has
Masefield trapped the sea's motion
in
the meter that one can not appreciate
it to the fullest extent unless he. too.
has felt the rise and fall of a deck be
neath his feet, and has leaned on . the
taffrail to watch the wash in the wake.
To dissect the meter, pick out this
anapest, and that dactyl, to find out
just how it represents the sea. is as
useless as the attempt to analyse the
motion of a ship, seeing this motion
rotary, that translatory. and this other
a combination of the two. The im
peror who abdicated several years be
fore the annexation in favor of his son,
and the ex-emperor wno lost nis tnj-one
at the time of the annexation. The old
emperor was a very powerful man, a past
master in the art of intrigue, so he is
kept apart even from his own son and
no one is allowed to visit his palace.
But the young emperor lives In the mid
dle of a large park In a building with all
the modern conveniences. Miss Edfth
Wilds, in the current number of Travel,
says, "There Is linoleum on the floor of
the corridors and a telephone on the
wall and Korean attendants
In their' native costumes. The audience
chambers are decorated in an equally
Incongruous fashion with wonderful
Japanese, hangings, Chinese , vases, a
Brussels carpet with a large design of
roses, and electric liahtr .T
NEWS IN BRIEF
SIDELIGHTS
A holy war asalnst speeders, expee
torators and paper strewers in Klamath
Hna been Yiroclainied by Mayor
Struble, in the enforcement of ordinances
already made ana proviaea.
Two acres of i land now seeded to
alfalfa and formerly used as the site
for Pendleton's pumping plant, will te
Improved for us as an auto tourists
camp ground at rtnee, permission for t
use having been granted by the Pendle
ton city council.
MomKaro rt thfc Rend fire deuartment
vh ro fumillaV with the Klk Lake
section believe, the Bulletin says, that
it is the best "fishing and hunting ground
in the state, consequently tsey will build
a cabin there and; put a noat on me ium.
for use In their (rummer outings.
Tigard Is working up a fine interest
In fruit culture tith intent to become
a center of that industry. At Its meet
ing tonight, the iMgard Community de
velopment ieagu will be addressed by
P. H. Standish c Newberg. field man
ager f a large fannery enterprise, on
fruit raising. Professor C. N. Reynolds
will talk on the higher education tax
measure and J. El. Langner. farm editor
of The Journal, ill address the league.
if the sun shinesu Barrett will navigate
down the east side highway to Salem
and over to Pallas, where he once lived.
All the delights of Seattle are not corrj
parable with those of Dallas, especially
when "she" is at home, Barrett says.
V
J. A. Knapp, representing the United
States Fidelity company of Baltimore,
today is in Portland surveying local
business conditions pertinent to bin firm.
He has visited or will visit most of the
leading Oregon towns.
George E. Gibson, purchasing agent
for the Libhy, McNeil & Libby fruit
cannery at The Dalles, is a Portland
visitor today, registered at the Multno
mah. Gibson is in no way responsible
for the fact that those wonderful Ore
gon cherries, strawberries and other
fruits grown at The Dalles are sold to
the epicures of the world under Chicago
labels.
Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Hockensmitli of
Albany are stopping at the Seward hotel.
Hockensmith is In the automobile busi
ness in the Linn county seat.
Gateway, down In Jefferson county.
is represented at the Multnomah hotel
by a quartet of her citizens. The visit
ors are: II. L. and John H. Priday,
J. Bolter and Louis Larsen.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Job of San
Francisco are guests at the Multnomah
hotel while visiting Portland friends
Job is manager of the Independent
Pneumatic Tool company at San Fran
Cisco. N. R. Sibley of the Seattle Paint
company that bears his name, is another
Multnomah hotel guest. From Seattle
also come Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Hamlin to
the Multnomah. Hamlin is an official
of the" E. H. Hamlin company, dealing
In canned goods.
T. C. Poorman, banker at Woodburn
and prominent in Oregon's military af
fnirR. is at the Imperial during a visit
In Portland.
- A. L. Hanian. a wholesale jeweler of
st Paul. Minn., is registered at the
Multnomah. At the same hotel is T. A
Mitchell, president of the Mitchell Man
I ufacturing company of San Francisco.
Lockley
portant thing is that Masefield knew so
well that motion that be was able to
give It to us in verse.
"No less striking than the rhythm, is
the imagery. Through a use of words
so rich in connotation, Masefield gives
I us three pictures: A quinquireme. tall
and stately, with water dripping from
five banks of glistening oars, breathing
an odor of spice, sandalwood and wine,
looms before one as approaching the
quay of imagination. No less vivid Is
the picture of the stately, full sailed,
ornate galleon, bringing home an un
told wealth from the Spanish colonies.
The very words : topazes, gold moldores,
and the rest of the miscellany, bring a
flood of associations. But the best of all
is the "dirty British coaster' 'butting
through the channel.' Again, by sheer
association, Masefield brings before his
reader the vast complex of modern com
merce; the great whole made up of an
infinity of 'cheap tin trays,' and pig
lead, and the many things that ships
carry today.
"Realistic as Is his depicting of the
sea. vivid as Is his imagery, still that Is
not the purpose of the poem. It is a
condensed, epigrammatic epic of the Bea.
One Is taken by the great panorama of
maritime development. One sees ship
ping In Its infancy, shipping In the days
when Lebanon flourished. The crude,
many oared galley, laden with trinkets
to please the tyrant contemporaries of
David, comes into view, scooting for
harbor at the least sign of an approach
ing storm, and timorously following the
coast line.
"Abruptly the scene changes, and the
Spanish treasure ship, laden with booty
wrested from the Americas, and manned
by a crew of careless, godless adventur
ers, gently rocks past the low-lying,
golden sands of the Bahamas. Another
era has come; the mariner bravely, even
carelessly, puts out into half-known
seas, bringing with him the seeds of a
new world civilization.
"But the full-rigged galleon, with Its
bellying sails,' and Jts treasure filled
hold, gives way to the 'dirty British
coaster' : a salt-crusted funnel has re
placed" the sweeping masts. And the
hold is full of not precious stones, or
pieces of eight, or monarch's luxuries,
but the necessities of modern life. The
ship no longer hugs the coast line, or
adventurously puts out Into the unknown,
but resolutely heads into the gale. The
sea no Jonger holds unknown terrors:
the sea no lonrfer fills the heart with
a realization of romance. It has been
conquered, and Its pristine romance has
given way to modern service. The sea Is
vanquished : msn has progressed. The
epic Is complete.
"Masefield tells that In three stantas."
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
Ab p0inxter was a-mournin' at the
I purners t'other day about havin' t .
j Jot of Usy mikers and barnswabbers
S85 a month, and none of "em done as
much work 'in two days ns they uster In
one. IkjT Petersen, who mlied cows fer
him several year ago and then went
rff and got married and set up a little
farm of his own, like all them Nor
wegians does, lowed he'd go to work
fer Poindexter agin at 35 per, If and
pcrvidin' Polndexter'd pay him In first
Ciass spuds at liO cents a sack, which
v.-a the price in them gimd old days.
Abj riz right up in wrath and told Ike
that while he had brains enough to keep
outer the 'sylum, he'd be durned If he'd
j make any slch a bargain. And Ike went
ctt a-laughin' '.
The Oregon Country
North at Bapprnlnn In Brlaf fora tot UM
Buaf Kaadar
OREGON NOTES
Cherry trees are- In full bloom in Hood
River valley and pears are bursting
their blossoms.
Some Linn county potatoes were sold
last week for J 62 K bushel. They
were sold for seed
Employes of the Salem postofflee, with
tne exception of the curriers, have or
ganized an overalls club
rfW.il"iftm D1e",uny. age.. 8S. a veteran
ti,l!.; or h"Pst 1,1,1 lan w,,rs- ' dead,
at the Roseburg soldiers' home. '
,XhJTi ,,'ncher8 " the Astoria city
arv ?i ,are '" rve suhsiantlitl sal
ary increases the -coming school vear
i r,',I7i ?fl' 1,1 Krilit ''tnand at
rJilSrt iha""- '"T1 f,arh"r "'"'" 'v
latsed the uric tf ,,..,.. '. .,t
35 cents. , "fc -" lu
A number of Dallas business and pro
fnt ,:,,nR,1inV;'' h!lT PUt denim clSihl
pror'Ung. !" B dr'"-J ,n lh
Despite unfavorable weather conditions
plowing is proceeding near Cove In
.rr?r. f0"1?1' """x fruit trees are
reported winter Will,.,!
Joe Yee nf Antv.r.. . . .
i ,in I Mill I HI'HMl IO
deliter his entire, Imp crop for to
a New ork buyer at a stipulated price
OT e.i cents per lamml
A, (I. Germjin '-t...u i,..
Howell-prairie, has purchased the K S
Crolsaii nlac
f 8(1 acres and will wt
",r fume iraci to huiu
hops
It is reported frrm Salem ii.Ji a h,
representing an Eastern concern is of
fering loganberry growers 14 tents a
pound for this year's rron
During the week Prulirin- A i. fit 1 ' .
were five fHtaliii,. ir, .
accidents, according to a rr.,.w .v...
industrial accident rammlmi.
David Reii
and a native of UimkI.i filial ln.atn i..ii.....l
citizenship, lie Hid h'e would not t.iu
up arms to defend th,. I'nii.l xi,.t.,.
A proposition liks been
county cities hv n i nllf,,i-..i
build a milk coiHieiiserv which would
produce li0(i ra r.r .oi.
daily ' r,,"r:"
ho! r, ?" I"V'"K l'I'i'a at Dallas
n.iK r nislu-d puckaig the mis crop. Dur
Itig tlu-i last two weeks over nine cur
lf.a.ls of procewtd pniiu-s have been
shipped.
The Oregon ouhlu- , ...
received a Petition axklm- tl,i . i...
Snitlirrn Pa. ifi, nnlroad . compelled
to improve it.s Mittion at I 'iislunaii. f.ii
the Kugene-Coos Bay branch
There was shipped from Coos Uuv
during 1'1 a ioti ,... " ..." V.
of heese valued' nl tl ii'.ii'.i,!,. ami niwi
iViMn-" "f "'"e-l' at ' I .-.4.000 and
240 0O0aB -ule"s! "''Ik valued t
The budget of' Hillsboro school dis
trict rr the coming year has been
adopted at a social election. H .
laser! on a salary schedule of $1;, ,,er
month fur grade teacher. $ i a:, per month
lor l.inh school teacher and i;,00 a
year for principals.
WASHINGTON
Women of fentralia are making a
!ari,'e service flag for presentation to im
city.
Pullman anil the Slat, colleg,, are .
have a cooperative grange store I" lhe
near future.
The next meeting of the Walla Walla
nresl.ylery will pe held at Kendriek.
Idaho. May 2.Y e
In Yakima valley 12.H00 people are pav
ing income tux. ! This Is a gain of i!0
Ir i-ent over lust year.
The Yeomans - Lumber company of
Cenlralia has completed numerous Im
provements at its mill lyJ'e Ell.
Mayor Rogers itt Oyitrtilla has Issued
a proclamation rallliigv, on citizens to
observe this eek as cleanup week.
Ed Frasee, a well to do rarmer-Ht
IXilsy. near Colville, has been fined t
hiid f.ost. for failure to send ills minor
son to school.
Reverend ileorrte E. Kline of Spokane
has been reelected elder of Spokane dis
trict of the ep Methodist Columbia
river conference.
For the firm time In the history of
Yakima county two women have been
chosen delegates to the state Republi
can convention.
E. L. Brewer of Sat sop has announced
tha. he will put i operation an alder
mill on his 240 acre ranch In Satsop and
Chehalts valleys.
Thirty of the younger business men of
(')aikslon have formed an organization
of "live wires" as an auxiliary to the
chamber of comraerce.
' Restaurant me of Walla Walls have
! signed an agreement to remove potatoes
from the bill of fare until they drop to
per hundred pounds.
Sallyjo Walker; representing the Cen
lralia high scljool,' won the annual
Lewis county Interscholastlc declama
tory contest over nine contestants.
Members of the Yakima Commercial
club are protesting against the state law'
which makes a htinhcl basket a standard,
container for apples instead of the
Northwest standard box.
Professor E. E. Ruby of Whitman
college has declined an offer to act s
field director for Washington to carry
nut the Americanization plans of the
American Library association at a large
salary and expenses.
IDAHO
Eleven women were empaneled on a
Jury in the probate court of Twin Falls
to hear evidence! in s case Involving a
statutory offense.
C. Ulrlch. a returned soldier, snd
White Flynn. a farmer, were killed near
Buhl when an acetylene tank, which
they were repairing, blew up.
An order excluding students of high
school grade from the Albion mate nor
mal school will reduce the required fac
ulty at that Institution by three mem
bers May 1 has bern set as the last day
upon which boys and glrln may enter
the 1920 pig club contest, the prize for
.which is s free 4rip next winter to the
Intermountaln livestock show at Chi
cago. Old settlers add canal companies on
Bl Lost river representing a large
acreage of bind located below the
Mackav dam, have applied to the stale
commissioner of reclamation for the
formation of am Irrigation district,
The Journal Supported the
Bill to Abolish Capital
Punishment in Oregon
The Oregon law abolixhlng capital
punishment wis enacted In 1!14 by
vote of the people. In the five yesrs
preceding I914j 5! commitment for
murder were made to the Oregon
penitentiary. 1 under death penalty,
41 for life imprisonment.
During the five years subsequent
to 1914, 36 prisoners were committed
to the Oregon ;pnltentlary for mur
der. In other Iwords. under the law
forbidding capital punishment there
were 2i fewer Commitments for mur
der than durlnft an equal period be
fore capital punishment was abol
ished. The bill abolishing capital punish
ment was one ot the measures sup
ported vigorously ' by The Journal.
The question pf policy which gov
erns the elimination of the death
penalty as a punishment for crime
is whether capital punishment Is a
deterrent to rsurder. To Judge by
(he record, capital punishment is not
a deterrent to murder. Viewed from
the standpoint .that criminals are im
prisoned to reform them rather than
to take upon them a legal vengeance
in the name of society, capital pun
ishment Is abhorrent and unnatural
In a civilized community.
The repeal of Oregon's antl-cspltal
punishment law Is soon to be voted
on. Judging by the statistical rec
ord aqd the reformatory purpose of
punishment, the antl-capltal puntah
' ment law shoe Id stand. ' ' -, , '
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