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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
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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
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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 , ;. ;