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Newspaper Page Text4! INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER C 8. JACKSON Pnbllvtwc ( B calm, be confidant, b cheerful and da nta othen u yon would hart thm do unto yon. 1 Published cuerr week day and Sunday momtna at The Journal Buildina. Broadway and lam hill street. Portland, Unvn. Katered at the Postoffice at Portland. Oregon. . lor tranamtwion through the saails as second elaas matter. TELEPHONES Main 717S, Automstic iftO-Sl. An departments reached by tnme narooen. FOREIGN ADVEHTISINO REPRESENTATIVE Benjamin Kentnor Co.. Brunawirk BuiWln, 235 ri(thv aenoe. New Tora; 800 Mailer. Bnlldinc. Cbtrsfo. SUBSCRIPTION RATES By carrier, city and ronntrjr. DAH.T AND St'NDAY One eek .15 I One month S eft DAILY I SHNDAT One week I .10 One week S 0 One month 45 BY MAIL. ALL RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE DAILY AND 81.NDAY One -rear If). 00 I Three months. .. $2.0 Six months. 4 25 One month 75 DAILY Without Sunday) One year fl.00 Six months. .... 8.25 ' Three months. . 1TB Una month .... 60 WEKKLT SUNDAY (Only) On rear ..... Sii months. . . . Thre months. . 3 no 1.75 1.00 WEKKI.Y AND SINDAY One year 13.50 Every Wedneedaj One year 11.00 Six months 50 These rates apply only in the Bates to EaWn point furnished on applies Ion. Make remittance by Money Order, Lxpress Order, or Draft. If your poitoffiee is not a Money Order Office. 1 or. 2-rent nUmr- will be aeeepted. Mske all remitUnces payable to The JonrnaU, Portland, Ortf on. Til wis to learn; 'tin God like to create. -Job a Godfrey Lnee. SMELLING STATESMANSHIP FOR months, the investigation of the Sims charges against the navy OR months, the investigation of the Sims charges against the navy has been In progress before a senate committee at Washington. All the time there was before the committee and before the country and before the world, the undeniable fact that the American navy convoyed nearly 2,000,000 men across the submarine-infested Atlantic without the loss of a single man. Why Fmell around for some miscar riage of petty detail, some minor mis take in a gigantic scheme of naval defense In the face of such a record? Especially why do It at a time when the need of the country Is construct ive action for solving critical domes tic problems? On top of tne known and admired record of the navy In the war, here Is the testimony of Admirals Mayo and Rodman, both In overseas service. In "hlrh they emphatically repudiate Admiral Sims' statement that the navy was unprepared when we en tered the war. They say that when It was called into action, the navy was wholly and completely prepared And here is the statement of Admiral Wilson, ronimander-in-chief of the Atlantic fleet. The navy's accomplishments In the war deserve the commendation of the nation, for they were so. stupendous as to make relatively unimportant any mis takes. And so they were. Else how could Its work have been so effective that not a man was lost under American convoy while both ships and many men were lost under convoy of the widely heralded British fleet? Congressional statesmanship was never so cheap, never so inglorious. WTiy doesn't it gracefully admit the navy's glorious work, praise the de partment and the men and thereby show the country true citizenship in stead of narrow and spiteful partisan ship? Though 34. he has never worked a day in his life. Son of a million aire mother, sued by his wife for divorce, he has been ordered by a Chicago Judge to go to work and support his wife. By work, the judge said, "you can solve your mat rimonial troubles and improve your health." Realizing the frequent un dependabillty of the sons of the rich the mother has provided that he is not to come Into his inheritance of $1,600,000 until he is 60. AN OREGON SURVEY IT IS to be doubted if manv of the 1 eleven Ihousand riti by the extension division of the Uni versity of Oregon in connection with its state survey of mental defpctives. delinquents and dependents consider themselves sufficiently competent judges to answer the division's ques tionnaire accurately. What, for Instance, is a mpntally de fective child? Is it a child lhat has failed to pass and is a year or more behind others of the same school age in school? If so. reliable authority has it that about 10 per cent of the children in - Portland are defective. And yet it is well known that many children, both boys and girls, that have been slow in school have been successful in the practical affairs of life. . . There are official agencies, such as the court iOf domestic relations and eleemosynary institutions, such as the 'Public Welfare bureau, that probably have full, a (well as expert, knowl edge of, the, defectives, .delinquents and dependents sought by the survey. The survey was ordered by the Ore- WHEN LEAGUERS AN EASTERN Oregon newspaper says It cannot understand what The Journal Is attempting to do in the articles on the Non-partisan league. Everybody else understands. Every article has carrlea the explanation that the league has announced Its purpose to invade Oregon, that tts coming will mean the division of the sta'.e In a bitter class struggle, and that turbu lence and passion will be the consequence. To prevent the league from taking root in Oregon the articles have urged all groups in Oregon life to get together, to listen to each other's grievances, to remove injustices and to stand together on common ground for a peaceful, startle and harmnnimif. rnmmnnwpulth Tn male Itc mpaninir rlpappr tn the -. n0 , U, uonm u "no"" fofci , nic journal win Thus, the Non-partisan league will not be likely to make a great deal of headway in the vicinity of Salem The Salem Commercial club has led in the organization of the Marion County Commercial federation. The federation is composed of 21 affiliated bodies extending to the smaller communities of the county. The program calls for intermingling between farmers and business men. The business men of the city get out into the country and meet the farmers on their farms and in their meeting halls. The farmers come into town and meet the business men. It is obvious that frequent meetings prevent misunderstandings and afford opportunity to adjust differences. Such homely subjects as the standardiza tion of potatoes, the equipping of homes, the interchange of commodities be tween farmers and dea'ers, all. as a result of this contact, have a deeper significance in their power to establish friendly relations. Another illustration of part of what The Journal means is at Bend. Oregon. There C. S. Hudson is president of the First National bank, and that bank has had a phenomenal growth from 115,000 to more than $1,000,000 in deposits, within a few years. A premier fact in its notable career has been its help fulness to, and interest in assisting, the farmers of the district. For years it has been encouraging farmers to breed better livestock. It has brought fine sires and dams Into the Central Oregon country by the carload. It has given equal encouragement to seed breeding, by which is meant the selection of seed and the introduction of improved varieties, as well as the support of the experiment the Central Oregon environment. Beyond the matter of livestock and seed and Improved methods of farming Is the more delicate consideration of credit. Loan a farmer more than lies in his ability to pay and the bank will sooner or later own the farm. The farmer frequently needs sound advice 6urely it is better for any bank, and for the banking interests of the state, to help agriculture toward productive success than merely to gain title to land at a low price and by compulson. Mr. Hudson's bank has gone on the theory that to help the farmers was. to help its own business. On the staff of its officials is a trained agriculturist, whose advice and assistance is available to every farmer. Last September, under the leadership of this bank, a big get-together meeting for bankers and farmers was held on Turnalo island, at which there was an attendance of more than 1200 farmers ;.nd their families. The day was spent in visiting and discussion of mutual problems. After a basket dinner at noon there was a meeting with discussion by experts of farm prob lems. There was analysis of the relation of bankers and farmers and other topics of mutual interest. It is a pretty safe guess that, because of the close relation and mutual sympathy between the agricultural and commercial figures of that community, it will be difficult for league organizers to gather recruits in the Bend district. These are examples, .ne same spirit made state-wide would remove many a grievance. The trouble is that many a business does not see beyond its pitv limita "nvrTTrnnt. fiimrnc enm vpqpc a arc chmvaci that (hn farmoro rf uawj - ui'jsa.saaiasv i - v. u kivsaja J J upv J"J V U il t u fe 1 ts.1 itivi America got $6,000,000,000 for their farm products and that the consumers of America paid for those products $13,000,000,000. The distributors got $7,000, 000,000 to the farmers' $6,000,000,000. That was the trouble in North Dakota. It is an agricultural state. The elevator trust and the milling trust were skinning the farmers and North Dakota business men ignored the farmers' protest. Then the farmers de termined to establish a government of farmers, by farmers and for farmers. It was their enterprise in going out into the wilderness and subduing it and making it productive that made the commonwealth, and when they were op pressed, they revolted and took the reins of government in their own hands. Of course it Is class government. But in North Dakota it had been class government by the elevator and milling and business trust all the time. A way to avert it in Oregon is to enlarge and extend what has been done at Salem and at Bend. Thus, for example, Portland packers might go out among the stockmen and among consumers and explain why beef to retailers was recently advanced 2 and 3 cents a pound nearly a week before an addition of 1 cent was made to the price paid cattle growers. gon legislature. It is being conducted cooperatively by the university exten sion division and the United States public health service. Its purposes are excellent. Dr. Chester L. Carlisle, who is in charge of the survey, speaks truly when he says: The detection of deviate types in each community is of the highest practical importance, as upon clear thinking. sound judgment and conduct useful to society rests the future greatness of our republic. Stone deaf for years, the under secretary of state of France recently had a r ugh passage over the Eng lish channel, while en route to Eng land. The sea ran high, and he was pitched about in his cabin promis cuously. On landing at Dover, he was amazed to find that he had fully recovered his hearing. French scientists are now experimenting In the hope of finding through violent treatment of patients, a new cure for similar cases of deafness. THE ESSENTIALS R AILROAD, steamship and forward ing agencies in Portland: exclu sive agents in other ports; increase in local storage and transshipping facil ities there are elements of the busi ness building program which the port bodies of Portland announce. Every item is practical. Every item is desirable. Every other successful port gains the same quality and kind of representation. Agency organiza tion to direct freight and cargo is as great a necessity as a good harbor with port facilities of large capacity. No less is it necessary in port build ing to provide for fuel and power and to foster the industry that insofar as is possible transforms the raw prod ucts of commerce Into the finished articles of merchandising. A shopper asked the price of a hat and then fainted. It took vio lent fanning and a dash of cold water to revive her. In these times it is advisable to see that you feel very well and have plenty of fresh air before you venturt to ask the price of things. NOT IN VAIN ABOVE the signature of the Inter church World Movement the fol lowing advertisement recently ap peared in a national publication: For more than a year trained experts have been at work making a scientific! survey of the whole world, and of Amer ica county by county. The churches for the first time in their history have the full facts. They know where America is over- Churched and wher !mi)nhnrphMl They know ex&ctlv how ttuv ran ro- operate in the foreign mission fields to'tants. and Illinois promises to Out produce the largest results In Interna-1 rnnk thp pas!trn pnmmnim...iH, i tional education, international health and J fni l eastern commonwealth in international KOwi " the number of automobiles in 1921 The national or": . ' - Prior to 1910 foreign motors were COME No. 18 . . . give inusn atiuiin . station devoted to adapting plants to as much as he needs money. And nominations was learned through the world war. The methods of national publicity were learned at the same time. The necessity for aligning the forces of righteousness against un righteousness was emphasized by the great conflict. If thus the forces of Christianity take up the standard of truth for re ligious achievement where the dead who fought for world freedom dropped it on the fields of France, their sacrifice was not made in vain. THE DEAD AROSE THOSE at the residence must have seriously questioned their own mentality when a New York woman recently came back to life four hours after she had been pronounced dead, after the death pallor had over-spread the body, and after rigor mortis had set in. After eeveral days' suffering with pneumonia, the woman was pro nounced dead by the attending physi cian. No sign of a heart beat could be detected. All evidences of death were apparent. An undertaker was summoned and newspapers were sup plied with obituaries. Relatives and friends flocked to the home. Four hours after the pronounce ment, those in the room were startled to note a pink suffusion of the cheeks, and the supposed corpse's eyes open. Restorative measures were invoked and the woman recog nized those at the bedside. The lady, a spiritualist, is quoted as whispering that she had seen her hus band who died last November. As pastor of a church in his own and two adjoining towns. Rev. Sip perly of Canopus, New York, received $880 a year. He has resigned to become a pearl cutter at Peeksklll. His wife says he now earns much more money, and ia finally able to support his family. WHERE WILL IT END? WHERE is the production of motor cars to end? There are now 7,500.000 cars in the United States, the renewal demand is estimated at 1.000,000 a year, and the growth will double the figure. This year's output is expected to be little less than 2,000,000 automobiles. One of every 14 persons in the United States owns a machine. There Is a car for one of every eight persons on the Pacific slope, one for every nine in the Rocky Mountain region, and one for every 10 in the mid-west. There are 571.000 machines in New York state, or one for everv 20 fnhnhi dmittedlr superior to the domestic output.. Now there is no question as to the leadership of America in sup plying motors of unequaled endur ance, reliability and speed. The United States now exports cars to eighty-one countries, and the out put of certain single American pro ducers exceeds the entire production of some foreign nations. And the motor exportation of this country is not confined solely to automobiles. France is asking us for 5000 tractors and Italy for 9000 mowers, 2000 reap ers and thousands of other gas ma chines. The automobile is a $2,000,000,000 industry, and $2,000,000 is spent daily for gasoline. The industry is now in third place arid is expected before the end of this year to pass to second when it will be led only by American steel, the pre; mier industry of the world. THE TREATY AND THE SENATE No. IS Conclusion of the Summary of the . Controversy Over Article X and Amendments By Carl Smith. Wahineton Start Correspondent of The Journal. Washington, April 21. The discussion In the article just preceding the pres ent, develops the force and limita tions of the second half of Article X. without need for further eluci dation. That part of the article deal ing with the fulfillment of the obli gation provides for advice by the coun cil "upon the means,'' any decision corning within the requirement of unan imous vote, and when so agreed upon, it still ie advice," upon which the indi vidual nations will exercise their Judg ment. This provides the safeguard against an ill-balanced or unsuitable de cision or misdirection of the purposes intenaea. Klrst, the council must reach unanimous conclusion as to the fact of aggression ; next, the council must seach unanimous conclusion as to the appropriate means, which mipht not be war. but the use of economic pressure or other "means"; finally each nation is free to use its moral judgment as to whether this advice should be followed. Now will be stated the repudiation of Article X as expressed in the Lodge reservation in final form, as adopted by the senate, March 15, 1020 (reservation No. 2) : "The United States assumes no obli gation to preserve the territorial integ rity or political independence of any other country by the employment of its military or naval forces, its resources, or any form of economic discrimination, or to Interfere in controversies between nations, including all controversies re lating to territorial integrity or political Independence, whether members of the league or not, under the provisions of Article X. or to employ the military or naval forces of the United States, under any article of the treaty for any pur pose, unless in any particular case the congress, which, under the constitution, has the sole power to declare war or authorize the employment of the mili tary or naval forces of the United States, shall. In the exercise of full lib erty of action, by act or ioint resolution, so provide." Senator Lodge stated the purr-os.- of 'he reservation without equivocation. "It disposes of Article X so far as we are concerned," h-, said, "and effective ly disposes of it." Mr. Ledge, backed by the irreconcilables and threatened with revolt iwnHt his leadership by them and by several near-irreconcilab!es. notably Freli'-ghnyscn. Sutherland and Wadsw.rth. whenever any suggestion of 4' tual modification was maie. never deviated from this purpose. There was much 'fiddling around" in the biparti san ' conference and in informal con ferences, and the original reservation was altered in language, but not in sub stance, as Lodge stated, in these words : 'If I thought what I offer affected in any way the prirciple or the substance of the reservation as it stands, I not only should not offer it, but I should vote against the treaty which contained it." Two principal substitutes were foffered from the Democratic side, by Kirby of Arkansas. The lirst was a modifica tion upon which it seemed at one- time there might be an agreement in the bi partisan conference. It read : "The United States assumes no obli gation to employ its military or naval forces or the economic boycott to pre serve the territorial integrity or political independence of any other country ur.der the provisions or Article X, or to em ploy the military or naval forces of the United States under any other article of the treaty for any purpose, unless in any particular 1 case the congress, which, under the constitution, hos the sole power to declare war, shall, by act or joint resolution, so provide. Noth ing herein shall be deemed to impair the obligation in Article XVI concerning tt-e economic boycott." This, it will be noted, is a disclaimer of obligation, but leaves the sugeestion that congress will consider any particu lar case that may arise. It was reject ed by a vote of 31 to 45. Five Demo crats Gore, Harrison, Reed. Shields and Williams voted against it, two of them Harrison and Williams because they regarded it as too much of a con cession to the treaty-killers. Kirby then offered a reservation pro posed by former President Tat't, as follows: "The United States declines to assume any iegal or binding obligation to pre serve the territorial integrity or political independence of any other country 'under the provisions of Article X, or tot employ the military or naval forces of the Unit ed States under any article of the treaty for any purpose : but the congress, which, under the constitution, has the whole power in the premises, will con sider and decide what moral obligation, if any, under the circumstances of any particular case when it arises, should move the United States In the interest of world- -ace and justice to take ac tion therein and will provide accord ingly." This reservation speaks for itself. It specifically states that in ny particu lar case congress will consider the mat ter and determine where its duty lies. This wes rejected, 30 to 46, with four Denv-crats Gore, McKellar, Reed and Shields in the negative. The liodge reservation was adopted by a vote of 56 to '26, supported by 13 Democrats, as follows : Ashurst, Grry. Gore, Henderson, Kendrick. Myers, Nu gent, Phelan, Pittman, Pomerene, Reed, Shields and Smi'h of Georgia. It seems fitting to add here the reser vation proposed to Article X by Charles E. Hughes, to be compared .with the Lodge and Taft drafts: "That the meaning of Article X of the covenant of the League of Nations is that the members of the league are not under any obligation to ct in pursu ance of raid article except as they naj decide to act upon the advice of the council of the league. The United States of America assumes no obligation under said article to undertake any military expedition cr to employ its armed forces on land or sea unless such action is au thorized by the c ingres of the United States, which baa exclusive authority to declare war or to determine for the United States wb-ther there Is any ibll gallon on its part under said article, and the means or actios by which any such ob i gation s'.'al! be fulfilled. The Hughes reservation appears to be a fair statement of the actual meaning- and effect as stated by President Wilson in the earlier part of this article. This concludes the discussion of the Lodge reservations, properly speaking. There remains the preamble, which also involved much debate, and also the wo es lied "Irish reservation." No. 15, which was inserted on the floor of the senate. These will be considered in the next article of this series. I Communication sent to The Journal for j publication in this deDartment fbould bs written 1 d j on only one aide of the .a;.;r. sh-.ul.i not eiceed j 300 words in length and muat b si mod Di tns i writer, whose mail address in full mut accom pany the contribution. J WHEN LEAGUERS COME . IT . ' i . :, . a T . V. n t uiicuuviT, wasn., Apru is. 10 i cunor oi ine Journal in your eauon als entitled "When Leaguers Come" a most striking feature is noticeable : that is. the patience the farmers have shown in allowing the "big interests" to gobble up the cream of their products, for not until the worst kind of boodling Imagin able had been perpetrated, and after every reasonable request for a square deal had been ignored, did they make their protest In the shape of legislative control. , Long have they waited for their own and it is their own. Who has a better right to a voice in agricultural affairs than the farmer himself? We are help less without the farmer: he is our food supply ; the first necessity. He is the backbone of all other industries ; neces sarily, he should be the backbone of po litical activities. He is the only per manent foundation on 'which to build. The idea that the farmer will be an extremist at lawmaking is ridiculous. He is the most careful craftsman known ; he represents the ideal of Americanism. Compare having faith for a square deal with the farmer to the autocratic tactics always employed by the big commercial interests. Some contrast The labor movement has joined hands with the farmer ; our interests are iden- I Letters From the People tical ; justice and equal rights are the Can. ; Or. and Mrs. T. S Betts of Kings vital interests of all liberty-loving peo- ; ton. N Y.. and Mr. and Mts J S Pler V . i Spear of Springfield. N. Y.. are" amni. The state of Washington is very much tourist parties who are resting between ' ,he ,ie.Uef of majiy persons who delight awake; the triple alliairce is fast round- j showers at the Portland hotel, mean- I in fln outinP in-the heart of the moun ing into winning form. Three months i while enjoying the scenic assets of the tains where the-jrnidille fork of In.- Wil ago the old liners were giving us the Willamette and Columbia river valleys. ! lamette rlvr is not much more than a laugh in Clarke county. .Two months, ... " mountain streain. The scenery there- ago they treated us with contempt. One ; L. C. Thompson, Carlton Or farmer I aboll, ' marvelous and it is accessible month ago we were doing the laughing. ! and formerly one of the owner's of the i to ,hos,! without automohlles. for a little And now the old boys are begging for ! Multnomah hotel, is again registered at ""e-horse train runs close to the spot our indorsement. Imagine what will j the Perkins hotel. Thompson is drawn lhat !s l)akr'ge. Prom that place E. happen in November! Cajl the hearse! to the city by litigation before the Unit-' T' Ternplemanj- is registered at the Claude H. Moran, Secretary Clarke , ed States district court in which he is ! Seward- I County Triple Alliance. interested. I I I . ! Seattle folk . topping at the Multno- WHEN LEAGUERS COME I "Mose" Barkdull. . whose Interest in nian notel in1'?1e Mr an' Mrs R Salem, April 19. To the Editor of ! politics Is onlv nnliii v..', 'Walker and Mr.? and Mrs. A. B. Praena Th I 1 I , J .. , ..ui , nC , ctu wiiii mucii in- terest your articles entitled "When Leaguers Come." also the many com- ments of contributors. It seems to me the whole proposition resolves itself into this vital question : Are the con- sumers in North Dakota benefited to the extent or receiving their produce less the distributors graft-profiteering? Do the producers receive a better price for their crops? In other words, what is the beneficial result to both, producer and consumer? 1 his is the vital issue, and a suffer- ing publ.c would like to know the ac- tual result as demonstrated in North Dakota Another question, and a big one when taken collectively, is. why this $16 per capita among the farmers, which, in the aggregate, amounts to a stagger ing sum? What is the big sum used for? According to Minnesota reports, Townley and his associates have be come very wealthy from this toll. Why bleed the long suffering farmer for such an exorbitant toll for the benefit of the few "air artists"? As one of a iong suffering public and a consumer, any honorable and legitimate innovation that would milk the graft out of the necessaries of life would be welcome. S. A. B. Olden Oregon Travel Was a Tedious, Toilsome and Costly Matter in the '50s. Some Idea of "the lack of transpor-, tation facilities between Oregon City a"nd Puget Sound in 1853 is conveyed in the correspondence of the Rev. Ezra Fisher, who, writing to the American Baptist Home Mission society, said that a tour of the principal settlements on the Sound would cost him about six to eight weeks in time and about $75 or $100. "The route," said he, "Is first by steam to the mouth of the Cowlitz : thence up stream to the Hudson's Bay company's post on the Cowlitz ; at this place hire a horse to Nisqually ; there leave my horse and hire a crew of Indians and canoe to take me to the various places ris ing up along the Sound, a distance of 80 or 100 miles, and return the same way." Curious Bits of Information For the Curious Gleaned From Curious Places A privileged party in being conducted through the state rooms of the White House had their attention directed to the handsome clock upon the mantel of the blue room, presented by the French government to President Andrew Jack son. "It was running then," proclaimed the chief usher of the mansion, boast fully, "and it's been running ever since." Louis XIVs own clock, "by the way, at Versailles, has been running regularly since 1643. Uncle Jeff Snow Says: Wavin' the American flag with one hand while you poke a gun In a "man's face with t'other and rob him of his earnin's and his savin's ain't patriotism Iry a Iong shot. Some people can pray so ;lick they think they're a-foolln' of the good Lord hisself, when they're only aggravatin' of Him if anything. VISITORS FPvOM OUTER SPACE Edmund Otis Hr.iey, in World'a Work. Meteorites, which are the earthly re mains of shooting stars, always arouse Interest in the popular as well as the scientific mind. We like them because they are the only things that bring to us evidence that we can actually touch and handle the universe outside our own little world. Ah-nl-ghi-to. or Too-pic (The Tent) as it was called by the Eskimos, is the largest known meteorite in the world. This 3V4-ton mass of nickel-iron was brought in 1897 by Ad miral Robert E. Peary from Cape Tork. Greenland, where, for generations be fore the advent of white men. it had served as almost the sole source of the iron needed by a WtUe tribe of Polar Eskimo for ' their tools and implements of the chase. Willamette, a K-ton mass of nickel-iron and the second largest me teorite in any collection, was found In an Oregon forest In 1902 and was the subject of a bitterly fought lawsuit be fore it could finally be sold to the Amer ican Museum of Natural History. A ship was sent to the Arctic for the ex press purpose of bringing home Ah-nl-ghl-to, and two special messengers were sent to Portland.. Or., during, the nego tiations for Willamette COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF j SMALL CHANGE .h?Ur-'d? WJ-P would be -i traffic cop on an aerial high- A J? Torltr remarks that there is onJL8!. on, ?rway Us all date. Guess he's right at that. . c.n t vote fir more than one can didate for an office, but the rest of net any Ur 8ymplhy lf th e . t..?diii tZ?m. tne "umbers, of people who soil write letters to the editor! the white paper shortage hasn't yet reached an acute stage. At least the Ben vara roi .me.,on1.U,1,,.k!.nd of a day- ven though it isn t the kind calculated to raise high orn( .-, , . i'"" l, calculated to raise high " "' v ui a oaseuail ran. If you don't get a letter, or if the ex pected express package doesn't Bhow up "I I 'ur freight shipment is delayed, or if the cost of living goes up again blame i on tne rniirnari of ir you probably won'tbefar off at that. A St Louis chemist announces he has w-ntnU.ntW, way. of malng alcohol, who th?ZL t, lot uf Vit! Portland who think Uiey have something new In that line of their own manufacture stored in their cellars. MORE OR LESS PERSONAL Random Observations Abopt Town There was a home-coming party at the Multnomah hotel Tuesday when the management entertained at dinner the Orpheum theatre act in which Warren Jackson, a Portland boy. Is a star. Jack son made hli public debut In Portland when the Arcadian garden at the Mult nomah was in its prime and it was in remembrance of those merry daya that Tuesday s party was staged. Jackson has more than made good since he left Portland, where he was reared, and his return triumphant was the signal for a happy gathering. The young man did his primary school work at the old Ladd school In Portland. Mr. and Mrs H Rcntt nf M " : . ' uj mr j commercial interests that involve him i in the real estate business is at the Imperial hotel, registering from Medl ford. "Mose" is known officially as J K : With him are Lloyd Elwood and E M i McKeaney. both of Medford I ... Salem's fame seems u come from its I fruit, in spite of the fact tht ,0 t us have been thinking that the legisla- ture mane tne town notorious, 15. II. Wagner, always faithful to the old home town, is at the Oregon hotel, whern his place of residence is Indicated by the ' entry : "The Cherry City It s the j Kruit." E. M. Reagan is enjoying a brief vaca tion in the lobby at the Seward hotel. ueagan occasionally comes from AI bany, aIjThJ" a"d publi!,her or the Albany Herald. "Business 1.1 hum ming up the valley, and Albany is do ing things in a bigger, more certain way than ever." Reagan says. To tell the people of Linn county about what IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS OF THE JOURNAL MAN By Fred Will C. Steel of Crtter Like fme. and now buxily concerned with Eugene's dratlny. i Mr. Locklfjr's mibjwt tody. There in material In S taim for t taut two mor installment, which ! will immediately follow. The opening number j is devotrd largely to Mr. Steel' ancestry, and I recount ejiliuxlef of the "undenround railway" ! days. William Gladstone Steel is secretary of the Chamber of C6mmerce at Eugene. I have known him more -than 25 years, and I know of few men who have with greater persistence worked for the pubr lie good. A day or so ago in the read ing room of the Eugene Commercial club, we talked of Eugene's bright fu ture. Before I take up the subject of our talk, which was how Eugene can cash in on the wonderful scenic assets in her vicinity. I want to discuss Mr. Steel himself. "Why did your parents give you 'Glad stone' for your middle name?" I in quired. "Thomas Gladstone, grand father of the great statesman, was my grandmother's brother," said Mr. Steel. "My grandmother's maiden name was Jean Gladstone. Her brother Thomas, grandfather of William E. Gladstone, was the third child In a large family. ' while Jean was one of the youngest. My father was born at Blggar, near Glas- ; gow, in 1809. Biggar was the, home of Gladstone's father. The Gladstone fam- , ily lived there for generations. Glad stone s fatner, John uiaastone, went to Liverpool to engage In business. He prospered there through his Scotch in dustry and thrift, so that by the time William E. -Gladstone was born his father was well to do. Gladstone al ways claimed to be Scotch, in spite of the fact that he happened to be born away from his native land. "My grandfather, James Steel, who married Jean Gladstone, came to Amer ica in 1818. They had six children prior to coming to America. They stopped two weeks at the Gladstone home in Liverpool while waiting for their boat to sail for America. Grandfather settled at Winchester, Va. His wife was a woman of great strength of character, and had the courage of her convictions. She refused to live in Virginia, because of her hatred of slavery, so they moved to Chilicothe. Ohio. In addition to the six boys they brought from Scotland, they had another son, born In Ohio. My father was the fourth child, and was 9 years old when he arrived in the United States. Tou can get a most excellent idea of what my father was like by look ing at the picture of William E. Glad stone. Between them was a strong fam ily resemblance. "It seems strange now a subject as old as history can be settled once for all and drop completely out of sight Take the slavery question. We don't think of it once in a year, nowadays, yet it wrecked my father's fortune and was with him every waking moment. He was very successful as a merchant. He accumulated a fortune In Ohio. In the early '30s he met an ardent abolitionist, and through his acquaintance met most of the prominent men and women en gaged in the movement. The result was that he became one of the organizers and most active agents of the 'under ground railroad,' by which slaves were spirited away to Canada. He gathered clothing, arms and ammunition which he sent to John- Brown. "Hamm vaars ago I revisited the scenes SIDELIGHTS Now that the Bend-Bums stage Is running on schedule, the grocery stores, the Burns News announces, are shipping some delectable fresh garden "sass" that is joyfully greeted by the epicurean. Smith J. Brown, the Medford Mall Tribune's Smudge Pol man has dis covered, is a real estate man at Twtn Falls. Idaho, and the S. P. man thinks that more than likely that J. stands for Jones. "April and spring." says the Bend Bulletin's wenthcr expert, "seem to be playing a sort of a game of freeaeout. We are all in H. too. but our only job is to ante, and all the chips go into the stove." The housing situation at Eugene, as viewed by the Guard : "There is little doubt but Eugene's building record this year will be such as to indicate another era of substantial growth ahead. With the coming of flood weather work will be commenced en several buildings in addition to the number now under way but up to the present time there seems no movement on foot which will meet the demand fori dwelling houses. New residences or apirtment houses must be built by next falf or the growth in popu lation will necessarily be checked." r JLi-- hetr neighbors s.are doing. Keagun has a news writing ?staff of three men and a woman a bigger staff than almost any other out-state paper, Mr. and Mrs. 'David Ileid and children of Wasco, Or..saccompanied by Miss h.thyl Hinkle of the same eaat-of-the mountains centee. are guests at the Cor nelius hotel. ' Mr. and Mrs. Prank lv Crews. th- for mer once manager of the Lancaster hotel, Denver. Colo., are registered at the Multnomah hotel. Greeter Lancaster expects to locate: somewhere in the Pa cific Northwest. Oakridge has been the shrine of many Oresron sportsmen In past years, but it will come into Its own this summer, In ... , - Walker is sectary of the Northwest Kuel & Supply:pompany and Praena is an architect. . . - C. K. Spanldjng. head of the Spnuld ing Lumber company nt Salem, is a business visitor in Portland. He is registered at the ' Imperial hotel. . At the Imperial are Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Kranz and Mr. and Mrs. iOdfiar J. Franz of Hood River. ... Mr. and'Mrs. J. W' Gebhardt. the for mer connected with the Hotel Deer Lode at Deer Lodge. MonL, are Port land hotel guests. Mr. and Mrs. f T. McGeort-e of Marshfield, where the former Is In the lumber manufacturing business. are stopping at the Multnomah while' visit ing in the city. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Potter of Baker have attached their names to tjie reg ister at the Benson hotel. Lockley of my boyhood days. I visited the old house at Stafford. Ohio, where I was born on September 7. 1854. Father built It before he spent his fortune in th" cause of abolition. It was a large roomy, substantially built house A few years ago, more than 50 years after the emancipation, proclamation, some children were Maying in the Mtic. which In my boyhood had also been my play room One of the youngsters noticed that In tapping the wall there seemed to be a hollow echo. He spoke of It to Ms father, the owner of the houe The day was rainy, his father had leisure as well as curiosity, and went with his son to investigate. After several hours search he by accident pressed a spring in the (Moping side of the wall and a door swung open. He finally located four secret doors. Two of these led to the kitchen roof, from which it was but a short lump to the ground. Between the roof and the celling he found 24 small stalls, just large enough for a negro to lie hiddtn in. This explained a mystery that had never been solved, in the 'JOs and '50s the officers used to trac negroes to my father's house and they repeatedly searched our house mos; thoroughly, but never discovered what became of the negroes Our house was a station In the underground railroad Father and. William Lloyd fJarrison were fellow workers In this cause. Henry Villard, the great railroad man. married the daughter of William Lloyd Garrison. When they came to Portland, in the early '80s. they came to see me. Mrs. Villard sent me an autographed copy of the life of her father, which I value highly. "My father was a great admirer and a loyal supporter of Lincoln, and on this account was harshly criticised by many of his fellow workers. Lincoln was not popular with the abolitionists; he was not radical enough." When Lincoln was in the Illinois legis lature in 1836 the legislature passed a resolution which leclted "that the right of property ir. slaves is sacred," that the "slave holding states cannot be de prived of that right without their con sent." and that "the general govern ment cannot abollph slavery In the DIs trlct of Columbia without a manifest breach of good faith." Lincoln protested but he could get only one man, Dan Stone, to sign the statement "that the institution of slavery is founded on in justice and bad policy." But because Lincoln did not countenance a resort to arms the abolitionists thought he w;s timid and a time server. At about the time when the abolitionists were feeling most bitter "at Lincoln because he did not agree with them In opposing the spread cf slavery by armed force, the son of a free negro woman In Lincoln's home town, Springfield, went South to take a job. The boy was free born free. He did not have his free papers with him, so was arrested and was about to be rold into slavery to pay prosecution expenses. Lincoln was ap pealed to and took up the matter with the governor of Illinois, who said he had no authority. Lincoln with some friends made up a purse and purchased the lib erty of the Ia1. When Lincoln met the governor a little later he said. "Gov ernor, I'll make the ground In this coun try too hot for the foot of a slave, whether you have the leral power tn secure the release of this boy or not." And he did The Oregon Country NorthwMt Happening Is BrUf Torm tot tfc Btwf Radr OREGON NOTES buy potatoes at 8 or 10 cents a pound. The Casolln lhnrla . Til. Flalla has been relieved by motor truck ship ments from Portland. Jackson county ''will be largely repre sented in the newly organized Stat Automobile Dealers' association. A model farm of 10 acres, to demon, strata how to grow fruits, berries and vegetables, will be established near Al bany. A E. Gronwald ha.- filed Jor the Re publican nomination as superintendents of W asco county chools to succeed him self. The concrete rexeroir at Mt. Angel has been completed and everything Is' now ready for the mains of the new water system The state council. Knights of Colum bus, is nrranRlug to,- a lavman's three-' day retreat at lit. AnKe"l .coll, Ke. miming June -11. .:- Rev. 1 1. H Leech of Eugene will be a' representative of the Oregon conference at the general Methodist conference at I'es Moines in May. County Comrulnstoner Harvey of Co- lumhl i county lias n signed to" take ef fect April 26. .,, M,u,j ,,.1V,. Ci. pirtii next January. An exu-riHion mcmlwr-hip drive is planned by the Grants Pass chamber of commerce. It Is proposed to secure 300 active members. A larpe pinto glass window of a Mil ton siore was 1len10Hsh.1l when a larff touring car drive, t.v a vkuhb ladv from Walla Walla ran into it. . E C. Dye of Oregon Citv. who filed for the nomination or ileleirnie to the national Democratic convention, ha withdrawn h s candidacy. The old Governor Mnodv residence at Solem has been Mold to Til. .mas B. Kay for J2:i,oi0. It will be removed and rive bungalows built in Its place. W. 11. Ellis, school director of Baker, has resinned .11 conformity to the law that no member ol a school board can contract to fumi.Nh school Mipplie;.. Final decision is expected soon in the rviam.-iili comity courthouse Hull. Al though ibe couitt tins two nr court houses the old one is still being used. WASHINGTON The Inf. tit chi'd ..f rttmr K Luni' prcn w;. drowmrd In -in Irrigating ditch hiM Sunday. Dodder, hi alfalfa pen. H reported to he gaining a foothold it, the Walla Waila district Permanent 1 m p r n v e m en's costing ...(mi are being made on the state fair" grounds at Vuknmii. Mrs. Ernest Uster has been appointed honorary vio vhaiimaii of the Demo cratic State contiinutee Stockholders of the United State Do hydratlng compinv have decld.-d to op crate the v.'allu Wnll.i 1 .int this year. Willi-im Y-oune. pie'ilenl of tie 1 'nr. penters' uni-.n. has 1 n . i.ie.l chair man oT the "ihkino. couniv np :il. 11 nee Yakin.a coimtv's deli tu;iien! I a &alc will net til" county about $411.0011. Some of the taxes have been d. Jln.iueiil since 11-13 A large opper still anil 7"u gallon of rice ma:ih f if making Mike have been found a; a Japanese fi.rm hmihe near akima. A special election at Davenport re suited in vrtin down bv a vote of Z00 to a proposal to levy an evtra mill school tax. While potato pt loc tem.'in stationary at Seattle, it is noticed Unit the demand Is being lenserieil as a reHiilt of the partial hoott. After searching for nearly a month, the body of Hlgoe Snray. a 12-year-old hoy, who wis il row ncd In Lake Union, has bpen recoviTed. J. C. Palmer, elevator operator, who as accidentally kil.cd at Seattle re cently, left $n,0 in L.I.ertv bonds and $.on in iMh In Vaklmn hnnkr. Mrs. Alice Walker of Waila Walla has filed .1 niit against Era n't A. Wallace, a Umatilla county farmer, for $10,000 damages for alleged breach of promise. IHAHO Eleven Protestant denominations par ticipated a' a conference in Boise to arrange plans for the camoalun to he put on by the jnnreluirch world tnvre n ent, April 2' to May 2. The Idah department of agriculture' has entered a protest against a bill pending in congress fixing the unit of measure for apples :it the dry bushel Instead of the utandard box A committee ret r.-seni inji several women's clubs lias petitioned the Lewis ton council to create a new department in cooperation with the county 10 tinard the welfare of the young women of the city. The claim of officials of Idaho Falls that the state public utilities cummlH.lon bad no jurisdiction to Imimsu upon tin city power rate repugnant to a city or dinance has been overruled by the utili ties commissions With the employers' association re porting additional narnrs to tlw-lr mem bership and the teamsters and truck orivers union claiming no mean in the strikers' llfios a settlement of the Boise strike sern far away Marvels of i'rts- and Paper Used in the I 'r'mi ing of 'Hit- Journal If all the rlls of paper used In a single averaKfl edition of The .Journal nere unrolled and placed end to end it would maWe a pathway of paper more than five miles long. Pick up the copy of the paper In which you read this statement. It seems -to possess almost no weight. Yet the averajge dally edition of The Journal conssnies 18.000 pounds of newsprint. Now grasp one of the sheets be tween the thumb and forefinger of each hand. Note how easily It tears. Yet the "boss pressman" says that a team of horses could scarcely tear asunder the "web" of one of the rolls 72 Inches wide. Three roils of this sle by sudden check of their swift revolution on the rollers of the big press in The Journal basement have been known to stop a 4t) horse power motor. ' One would expect the paper to tear and the fragments to fly. but under a straight pull It is phenomenally ! strong. Note with what uniform clearness the sheets ane printed, how neatly the paper is folded. If you took ths same amount of paper and folded It by hand with the same meticulous care, you might with practice com plete the task in a minute. But the press from which this copy ca would be printing, cutting and fold ing 1200 16-page papers while you were folding ane. In an hour It can turn out 24.SOO newspapers of 64 pages each, including eight color pa pes. The cavern of mystery and en chantment wldch one associates with the tales of Aladdin and his lamp never possessed half the fascination and magic discoverable in the great chamber jjnder The Journal building where the presses are Une catv see the generations of inventive brains that produced the modern printing press with its Infinite nicety of ad justment and; Its marvelous timing: of complicated parts, still working busily within; it for the benefit of humanity. Swift as is the press just described, progress is shifter. Soon The Jour nal will install a new press, greater, speedier, more efficient.. Op to th. minute equipment at whatever may be the necessary cost is one of Thr Journal's ideals of service to its readers. r , ;. ;