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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY, MAY 3, 1820.
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" For lo, the winter is past: th raja to
over and ton: tba flower appear on th
earth; th time of tb singing of . birds to
com, and th voice of th turtle is beard
in oar land. Th Songs of Solomoa
1:11-12, !
GOLD IN THE GARBAGE
IN STRIKING and pleasant contrast to
a report fronv the national indus
trial conference board declaring that
the cost of living has increased almost
93 per cent in the last six years is
word from Chicago that the price
of food has dropped in a chain of
restaurants. j
The national board says the average
cost of living for wage-earners has
advanced 7 per cent since November
and 21 per; cent within' the year. Food
prices were quoted as 100 per cent
above pre-war figures, rents 48 per
cent higher, and the cost of clothing
is said to have advanced ,177 per cent.
In Chicago Friday thet manager j of
a chain of restaurants announced tb.at
the price of all standard foods would
be lowered 5 cents per portion. 'Itj is
done through elimination of waste! in
food. Because .customers have left
parts of their "meal on the plate to be
relegated lo the garbage receptacle the
restaurant manager has undertaken: to
regelate portions to suit the appetite.
customers tO derive the benefit
through prices lowered by elimination
of waste.
The manager has made the following
deductions after a careful study of ap
petites and the garbage can: j
; If 100 men order a four ounce por
tion of corned beef hash, 32 leave half
on the plate.
If the sugar ration is limited only
five in 100. customers complain. !
If the catsup bottle is left on the
table a full bottle is wasted on every
100 portions. O S
; Seventy-eight of 100 consumers eat
only two pieces of toast in a three
decked clubhouse sandwich. j
Only half a bowl of thin soup is
consumed ly the average man. ;He
orders It to mark time while the1 re-
mainder of his meal is prepared-: j
"Housewives are cautioned to" watch
their garbage pails," comments the
manager. Ve watch ours and jee
giving our customers the benefit of
the saving." j -
The Chicago plan , appears to be ef
ficiency in food preparation' and sale.
Restaurant managers and housewives
in Portland could .profitably study it
With prices at the present level there
is no place in our lives for the gar
bage, pail. I j .
. Julean Arnold. American commer
cial attache at Peking, is author of
the prediction that the annual trade
between the United States and China
will attain the enormous total of
$65,000,000,000. .He looks for the
day to come when ; a Wain' service
will be maintained between the two
continents by tube beneath the Behr-
ing sea. Apparently Jules Verne was
only ah old fogy compared to Julean
Arnold, but, at-that,, we hope he Is
right. - "t- j1
INVITING THE FIRE
A FATEFUL" coincidence brings! on
. the same day Governor Olcott's
proclamation of forest protection
week and the news that the federal
government intends to withdraw air
plane patrol of the forests In Oregon
and Washington.. ' I
The government owns in Oregon
1 150.000,000 to 1200,000,000 worth! of
timber, according to various estimates
No agency should be better informed
than the government of the speed
with which this great wealth' can be
utterly destroyed during 6Uch a year
of forest fires as 1910. r v i
Each year fires destroy timbr rep
resenting a value many -times greater
AM
than the cost of airplane patrol. This
form of guardianship of the forests
has proven i more" effective and a
greater preventive of fires than even
the picturesque lookouts' on the moun
tain tops'. i
If for. selfish reasons only, the gov
ernment ought not to relax in its ef
fort to protect the Northwest forests
which the nation so vitally needs. :
The millage bills for schools and
institutions of higher education : do
absolutely tip violence to the 6 per
cent limitation. - The idea held by
some that ill some mysterious way
they repeal that measure is incorrect.
Six per" cent .limitation will stand as
a restriction Mpon the legislature and
have all its original value jitst the
same in case the millage bills should
be adopted.! As a matter of fact the
'a nor cpnt limitation .' amendment
I .
provides that a vote of the people
may at any. time pass measures such
as the millage bills.
THE"jT TEMPT FATE
EVERY automobile driver in Port
land could be perfect and injuries
and killings continue if pedestrians
failed to ; exercise care in crossing
streetsJ The
best driver in th world
cannot ' avoid
accidents when jay
directly in front of his
walkers step
machine from behind a parked car or
other, object j ; And accidents are usu
ally the fault of pedestrians When
they dash Gut onto - a traffic laden
street without' regard to moving ve
hicles. : ii : -i
Friday afternoon i an - elderly man
with. a package under one arm darted
out into the intersection of Fifth and
Washington.) j Following the car; track,
he trotted for r a quarter of a block,
through traffic down Washington
street. I He almost stepped on a traf
fic policeman.; But not a word of
warning came from the guardian of
the law. j m - -:; , ' -
Machines were operating In every
direction. ' The pedestrian, however,
was not interested in automobiles, he
was in a hurry to make-his way down
the thoroughfare. : : .
It is that kind of haste and care
lessness that often sends pedestrians
to the hospitals and cemeteries. It is
seldom that people are injured seri
ously in the crasu of two automobiles-
in Portland. The injuries befall
pedestrians. ' The human frame can
not withstand an attack from a ma
chine. And It is very often the fault
of the pedestrian that he is hit.
Every person killed in Portland In
1920 was a pedestrian. No occupant
of. a "machine has been killed within
the city limits. And most of those
seriously injured were pedestrians.
We can regulate automobile drivers
until kingdom come, we can" punish
them and take their machines away.
but it is all of no avail if pedestrians,
continue to throw themselves open to
irijury and death by total disregard of
all the rules of safety. ' f
And why is a big policeman sta
tioned at a corner to direct the course
of automobiles if he does not also di
rect the course of pedestrians? Both
figure in automobile accidents. Both
cause them. Are policemen stationed
at corners just to keep traffic moving,
or are they also there to protect life?.
There Is an ordinance providing for
Iregulation of pedestrians? Is there a
gooa reason j ior na non-eniorcemenii
iMayor Baker several weeks ago or:
Prcd the police to warn pedestrians
ag.-tiist jaywalking. Are. his orders
orders or are they scraps of paper ?
The news from Northeastern Ore
gon Indicates that not all the thrills
are to be staged at the national con
ventions.j The message from the En
terprise correspondent reads: "Poll
tics is exciting in Wallowa county. It
is confined to Republican factions
and prominent members have come
to blows." ;!
PRECEPTS OF SUCCESS
n UNTO others as ye would
--'that they should do unto you
After 75 years, John Patterson, the
head of the National Cash Register
company of Dayton, Ohio, gives this.
the Golden, Rule, as the pre-eminent
maxim for (success in business and
industry.
: John Patterson I the man who led
the spirit of Dayton's man power into
a miracle ofi municipal- reconstruction
after'; the devastating flood which
nearly destroyed that city..
Younger business men will find In
other ; conclusions of the veteran a
guiding value. One head is enough for
one organization, he says, in a state
ment jwhichl he recently made to his
agents,
Keep materials,! raw products and
finished articles, moving. Nothing
wastes money so rapidly as tf Waste
time, r
Provide good working conditions.;
Mr. Patterson says he has found that
to give employes decent, comfortable
environment at work pays in actual
profits and is not; more than justice
to the .workers. ,ln connection with
every department are shower baths
and bathing is permitted on company
Keep up !to date with machinery.
On the walls of the factory are these
words, "Machinery makes men dear.
their products cheap."
A pryamid ; organization - with the
apex ; at the. top furnishes a firm
foundation nd permits future growth,
An inverted! Dvramid th n n at 4 fi
MSoltom the load all on one man
Has a crashing and crumbling ef
fect. Distributed responsibility under
tnel head keeps the plant going.
Sickness which causes absence from
duty is counted as money lost to the
company and the workmen. Surgeons, j
doctors, dentists and nurses are paidj
by the company and return dividends
to the company and its employes.
Organization to encourage plant visi
tation is found good publicity." Edu
cational work, use of tested materials,
dining rooms for employes, a; con
stantly advancing ' goal, orderly ad
ministration of the plant, and general
cleanliness of people, .buildings and
grounds, are other precepts which Mr.
Patterson : has found essential . to a
conspicuous success, i ; ; '
;" There is something aggravating to
the every day sense of justice in the
spectacle of Huirt, the Los Angeles
Bluebeard, . attempting suicide to
dodge the arm of the law just after
he had admitted the murder of four
of his 24 -wives. ' " I
BELATED APPRECIATION .
A MAN ran strenuously! for a street
car, caught it, and sat down and
read the paper. , ! i ;
A , pioneer worked heartbreakingly
to clear j away trees,' stumps : and
stones and get the land ; cleared for
cultivation; 1 his children; and grand
children accepted the fat acres as a
matter of course. ; i j; j
The"revolutionists at Valley Forge
stained the snow with ; their bleeding
feet; the soldiers of the Republic at
Gettysburg flung their lives into the
maw of death; the soldiers of world
iberty died with a smile at Verdun.
In Portland on May day, which was
Americanization day, - the- citizens
whose peace and safety depend on
preserving that for which brave men
have fought and gladly died, neglected
the appeal to hang out flags. Do we
only; value our Americanism when we
have to fight for 'it? i
The leaders of the Interchurchi
World, movement might take a tip;
from Thibet., f There I the religious
leaders roof their' houses with gold..
The people have to pay for; their!
religion. ';.. ;''.' ' i
MAT DAT
MAY day was Americanization day.
The observance was planned to;
stir pride in America. It was designed;
to rekindle love for -America. It was
intended to show in sharp contrast;
the petty 'minority of disloyalists and
the vast, permanent majority of. loyal
citizens who to the end of life 'or at
the sacrifice of life will defend their!
country, i . ' i . . 1 .
All this, yet only an ignorant Ameri
can of an illiterate alien would plot
destruction of the government r the i
safety of the country. I . . ' I
An ignorant American might; rebel
or revile because" he had 'failed, to
learn how much better off he is than
the people of other countries. I !
Among the foreign born, jt is trueJ
thete come taose who have curtains
hung over their minds. ' They have
learned to identify government ivithl
tyranny and extortion. They pave
been bullied and oppressed into hating
the government of their youth, i They
Can conceive of no beneficial exercise
of authority. These need teachers to
tell . them of the government whicli
springs from the people and is upheld
by the people for the benefit of the
pejople. , : I ;?
It should only be necessary for the
sluggishly patriotic citizens f of this
country to note the grotesque condi-1
tion of Europe to thank God that he
enjoys the blessings guaranteed him
by his citizenship in the United States,
Austria is dismembered and Austrian
money worth so little that the wealth-f
lest live like paupers. Germany Is
insane with misery, Russia is in chaos
and is maintained chaotic by the very
principles of radicalism which are
sought to be introduced into this
country, j No 1 nation on j earth i is sd
happily situated as the United Stales.
The people of no other state in this
nation have more good fortune than
the people of Oregon. ' I
The good fortune given us by our
citizenship and our residence is worth
more than our gold. '-.
The husband whose, wife bought
him a new set of parlor curtains for
a birthday present has been avenged.
A Portlander whose wife dislikes the
water, bought her a complete set of
salmon spinners.
WHEN WOMAN WILLS
ANEW. YORK woman is experienc
ing tremendous difficulty in ob
taining possession of a faiTi- she re
cently purchased. She has paid for
the farm. No .one Questions title.
There are no encumbrances, j
But there are tenants. And they
refuse to move. - And they frustrate
all attempts to move them. ! ; V-
They were asked to remove their
residence i when the property changed
hands. The new Jwner dispatched a
ploughman to turn the ! soil on the
newly acquired farm. I I '
"What are you doing?' the plough
man was asked when he started oper
ations. ' ..
"Ploughing this farm for the new
owner," the man replied.
"Well, J have decided to stay 'here,
notice to Tacate or no notice," the
tenant Informed him, "and there'll 'be
no ploughing. That's where I am go
ing to have my garden"; j
When the man . started , the plough
the feminine tenant' dropped herself
on the ground directly in front of the
horses. There was no ploughing, j
Later, two men with two , ploughs
returned. One. attempted to gain the
altentiongOf the tena-t while the other
ploughed; ; --j ; i-r--..--'
"O j mother V shouted the i tenant
And another feminine tenant appeared,
"Mother" flanked herself , on the
ground In front of the other plough."
There was no ploughing. i
Now the owner is ieeking recourse
in the courts. She wants to plough
the farm she bought and paid for; '
Reports, however, indicate, that part
of ; the consideration in the purchase
contract was omitted. ' Nothing .was
said about the feminine tenants. .
"If they. keep on growing men like
John Van Albert of Holland,; air
planes will be of little use.. He is 9
feet 5 Inches tall. -,
CANDIDATES AND
PLATFORMS IN
OREGON ;
Three Candidates for . Delegate to
. National Convention : Two. ' for
Public Service Commissioner.
Hamilton Johnstone off Portland, can
didate for delegate to the Republican
national convention from the Third dis
trict, was born at Mobile, Ala., April 4,
1874. . He attended
the public schools
and the state college
at Auburn, Ala., .was
admitted to the bar
in 1896 and has prac
tlced in Illinois,
Wash! n g t o n - and
Oregon. He served
as prosecuting at
torney In - Washing-;
ton. He was assist
ant sergeant at' arms
of the national con-
y.Jventions of 1900 and
tie served in the Spanish-American
war and the great war. -,: ! i
In his platform Mr. Johnstone says:
"I stand for a Republican party, united
in patriotic, ; constructive service and
pledged: to business efficiency' In gov
ernment. I pledge myself to support
wholeheartedly In the convention that
candidate for president chosen by Ore?
gon Republicans. I believe it, is the
duty of a- delegate to a party' com ven
tion to exnreas the will of the voters
who send him to such convention. ; That
expressed will - I .-will faithfully carry
out. Mr. Johnstone's slogan is : "Ore
gon's choice is my choice."
Mrs. Alice M. McXaught of .Portland,
candidate for delegate to . the Demo
cratic national convention from the
Third district, was
born
at
Shelbina,
S3 MO.,
November 22,
1866.
She
was edu
cated in the common
schools and in a
ladies' s e m 1 n a r y
learned the printer's
trade, and. was en
-4-
t
gaged in that and in
newspaper work for
1 17 years. She was
- ' associated with Sam-
oV uel Gompers in the
wrfSs. labor organization
worn in Wisconsin and has been a rosir
dent of Portland -for the past seven
years. -.She has been active in civic and
welfare work and was; president of the
Progressive Women's league for two
years and a member , of theexecutive
board of the Jackson club for five years.
She was a candidate for the legislature
on the Democratic ticket in 1918. !
Mrs. McNaught has chosen as a slo
gan, "Democracy, the honest sentiment
of the masses." and in her platform
ays: "I believe that women ; should
have equal rights and privileges with
men. Socially, and politically in all af
fairs of the nation and state. I am
first, last and always a Democrat
believe in Democracy; in The fullest
sense of the word. I am for the League!
of Nations. I am for the great. seeth4
Ing mass of employed men and women,
not as expressed through their leaders
always, buf for the . rank and file. o
which I am one. I indorse President
Wilson and his policies during the world
war. Lastly I urge a square deal for
our ex-service men."
Miss Celia L. Gavin of The Dalles.
candidate for presidential elector on the
Democratic ( ticket, was born at The
Dalles and; was graduated from the
pubhc schools of that city. She also
attended Whitman college .j and later
the law department of the University
of Oregon. She began the study of
law in the office of : her father, John
Gavin, in 1912. and was admitted , to
the bar in 1916. She is at present serv
ing . her. 'third term as city attorney of
The Dalles. .
Miss iGavin has been secretary of the
Wasco county central committee for the
past -five years, and was secretary of
the Woodrow Wilson league during the
last presidential . campaign.
Miss Gavin's candidacy for elector Is
her first entrance into the field as a
candidate for elective office, and she
gives as her platform and ' slogan,'
will vote in the electoral college for .the
nominees of the Democratic party . for
president and vice president of the
United j States.' '
, Edward M. Cousin of Portland, Re
publican candidate for public service
commissioner, for the Western; district.
f-'-'11"" iwas born at Worth-
ington. Iowa, June
2. 18,72. He received
his education in the
public schools and
has made a special
study of law and
practice as applied
to public regulation
of railways and utili
ties. , He served for
18 years in railway
rate traffic depart:
ment work and . for
the past 12 years
has been engaged in private work hav
ing to do with rate adjustment service.
He was employed from March 1, 1918,
to August 6, 1919,- as special examiner
for public utilities by the city of Port-
iana.
In ' his platform Mr. Cousin says that
if elected he will "be governed always
by the paramount public interest and
rights of the public; will not dodge re
sponsibility. My aim will be to invest
the office with a real public service
character, making it a refuge for the
oppressed, at the same time promoting
wise, constructive policies so necessarv
for the development of the resources of
tne state ana me comfort of the peeie."
His slogan Is, "Knows the game ; guar
antees, real public service.
II. IL Corey, Republican candidate for
public service commissioner from the
Eastern Oregon district, was born at
Burlin g t o n, ; Wis.,
June 1, 1876. He at
tended the p u b 1 i c
and high schools at
Baker. Oregon. He
has followed teach
ing, clerking in
r -vjwt iuiuui mail u
I t acturln. contract
King and. buiJding.
9 f. -.V.InM,
i auuiuug . UU Ol(A,A
raising before enter
inar state nervl. ff
V 1 was chief clerk : and
fciiimm ii ' i -f acting secretary - of
state during the administration of
Frank W. Benson and was secretary of
the Oregon railroad commission for four
years prior- to his , election as public
service commissioner.
Mr. Corey's; slogan says ; "Present
commissioner asks second term ; trained
for the Job on the Job." In his platform
he says : . "I will continue to deal fairly
Justly and tequltably with all questions
which arise between the public, service
ft
M
t
corporations and the public Involving
the intricate) and delicate subject of rail
road and utility regulation, and will ag
grewivtily strive Cor a broad gauge plan
I regulation, encouraging the, construe-?
tion of i new utilities in the many communities-
not now served, i and the de
velopment of present plants to the max
imum of their efficiency, : to : the end
that a j lower average price may be
established to the consumer."
Letters From the People
rCommanieaUoiM lent to V The Jourael 'tor
poblicktioa in this department should be written
on only one side of'the baper. boolcl not exceed
suu woras in lenetn enj, mast- oe ucnea dj in
writer, whose mli eddrese is full -must aocom-
peny thei eontributlon. J I t. ,.! -
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j FOR " CHAMBERLAIN' l
Forest Grove, April 28. To the' Editor
of The Journal Perijnit me to thank you
for yoif r fearless defense of Senator
Chamberlain. The Campaign now being
waged against him i is undoubtedly one
of spitel chicanery and deception. - The
charges) against the senator are so far
fetched j that "one " can only believe them
to be tie fruit of a movement -io build
up a political machine.- x - l "
I sayi with. The Journal, let the op
ponents of Senator Chamberlain prove
dm deficient in his ideas and actions
if they want him defeated, and not abuse
him because he did not see- fit to move
heaven and earth to save Frank Myers
his job. Myers refused - to give ex-serv-
ico men places to which they were en
titled, so why 'should we have a political
row.: because he was - removed from a
position which the government postal ex
perts considered him unfitted fort
Senator Chamberlain is a man .with
the qualities of a statesman and a hu
manitarian. To my mind, his exposure
of Baker's inefficiency was' a courageous
and patriotic act. His record ! in the
senate proves the progressiveness of his
Ideas ; he is in step with the times. He
was never too busy during the war to
attend tio problems of individual service
men. Any former Imember of the I62d
will say as much. I can cite half a
dozen cases where ' he acted quietly to
relieve
distress. Such was our confi-
dence in
hlm that hardly a move of con
sequence was made with our regiment In
France,
senator
but someone would say that the
was back of It, for "old George
is - watching out for us. all right.
I believe in Senator Chamberlain, not
only because he is so ab'.e, but a'.so be
cause he is so- darn likable.
t J. F. Stevens,
COUNTER CHALLENGE
Portland, April 28. To the Editor of
The Journal The City and County Medi
cal society announces today that it is in
politics land ' calls ,, upon candidates for
all offices to present themselves at the
Multnomah i hotel. May y 5, lo state
whetherj they stand for medical freedom
as it now exists in Oregon or, for medi
cal autocracy and compulsory fmedica-
tion by fohe class or doctors wno control
our health activities. On behalf of the
Health efense league and of the State
Federation oi xrugiess Associations ana
others ; who are -interested . In 'medical
freedom! who constitute the 10,000 antl
ruedical imaiority in this ctty and county
civen iri the election of. 1916, we wel
come this challenge and join In the re
quest that all candidates state just where
they stand on this, -the most vital ques
tion before the people. )
Dr. W. A. Turner, -
Secretary of the Above Organizations. '
AN ACK NO WLEDGM RNT
Portland,- April 28. rTo the Editor of
The Journal I wish to take this means
of thanking you for the help and co
o'peration in making it possible to regis
ter the i largest number of voters ever
registered - in Multnomah county. It
might be grati'fylpg to you to know the
results of your splendid and consistent
efforts In prevailing upon tne people
to do fheir duty'aiid register. At the
close, April 20, 1920, the books- show! the
following registered voters : . KepuDiic
ans. 72188 : Democrats, 24,218 miscel
laneous,! 4709 ; total. 101,115. This is by
far r the largest number ever registered
In; this icountv. '"
Jos. W, Beveridge, County
Clerk.
-rc-Af TTXT TV TJTTKSTA
Portland. (April 23. To the Editor of
Th Journal American, women ought
to be among the strongest opponents of
Bolshevism.! They ought to be willing
to do anything to maintain their rights
and privileges as citizens and voters of
the , United , States. , Woman in soviet
Russia has had immense responsibili
ties thrust upon her, of which the Amer
ican man, with his greater chivalry, has
entirely freed her. - For" instance, the
law .forces a woman to support her hus
band. He may; apply to a government
bureau, whlcR" will compel the ! wife to
make her husband's living, evep if she
doesn't love him. The rharriage law
there requires husband and wife to sup
port each other. With us only the hus
band is (bound to support the. wife. Nd
wife cant legally be made to support her
husband1 Facts such as these have been
made public in English-speaking coun
tries now for the . first time by the
translation - of the soviet code of the
commissariat of justice, so-called.
whether I married or single, is depriva
tion i of the right to transmit property
to their; children or others In whose
welfare they are interested. All a
woman has goes to the state at the
time of death. Under such an iarrange
ment Mary Frances Isom, - consecrated
as she was to the public good, would be
prevented from helping 'to establish a
pension'.! fund for' library workers toy
contributing a substantial sum las a be
ginning. ( " 1 !
' Another' law which might easily work
an -injustice upon women is that which
gives husbands the . right to be freed
from the marriage bond by simply filing
notice of a desire to be released. Such
desire of itself is regarded as " ample
ground -for divorce. The effect of such
an action by a husband is to throw the
wife immediately upon the labor mar
ket, for ; it must be remembered that
another provision regards a ; woman's
domestic: labor in her own household
alone as necessary to the state. She
Is liable, to conscription and ; may be
compelled ; to go to work in factory,
store, office or on the f arihJ
A personal friend iri Stockholm writes
me that the chivalrous feeling of men
toward ; women. which redeems ' from
sordidness and grossness the ; relation
ship of the sexes, has almost? disappeared
In soviet Russia. The men are evidently
doing! their best: to reduce women to
drudgery, ' slatternliness and ; ugliness.
Do American women enjoy the' prospect
that Bolshevism holds out to them?
Thomas KimbalL
i WANTS INFORMATION j-
' Portland. April 29. To the Editor of
The journal In your editorial of today
entitled "Hang Them?" you state that
tu the last five years prior to abolishing
hangings in Oregon there were 69 mur
aers committed in Oregon, while in the
following . five years there were but 36
Would you kindly tell ua how many of
ue oj were nangeu, ana wnai u ineir
financial ability to employ the best at
torneys to fight their cases through the
courts, and also the financial ability
of some or the same 69 who did not
hang? . - i : J. r. S.
IN REPLY TO "A BONDHOLDER"
Sheridan. April 12.-r-To the Editor of
The; Journalr-I wish to answer the let
ter of A Bondholder," of March 30. He
expresses himself regarding the bonus
or recompense -for our boys who went
across to protect such as he. I want to
ask biro if our boys got f 3. 50 to $10 a
day and as desirable food and beds and
no risk of life. He certainly has little
regard for the boys who now lie over
there. Pro-Bonus.
1 COMMENT AND NEWS iW? BRIEF ;
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SMALL CHANGE
Oh.
you sunshine. rii
May day wasn't so bad, after alL
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How's the dandelion wine .coming on?
We had the March winA. th.
April showers, too. Now for the flow-era--
. ! ;:
Mother's dav is nomine- Bonn Now la
the time to start to make every day
iituuivr b uay. j
Pussyfoof Johnson - kivk that Vie
sees England "dry" by 10. which stirs
a contemporary to arise and remark that
Johnson's eyesight isn't what it once
was. . ; i.
Spring poets are rather haolcwsirrl In
coming forward this season. Don't
Know whether the rather unseasonable
weather or the paper-shortage is to ac-
count for it.
An Englishman. 126 veara ld. Iian tiiiit
riied. snH frr tua la.t iaa .. i,:.
life he had remained trua tn thA mamnnr
. . .ncv w ui iiu
of a dead ; sweetheart- Surely, this
should entitle him to a niche in the hall
or me exceptional. -
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Tovn
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. tJutler. and Mr. j
and Mrs. 11. M. Fields were Eastern1
guests at the Multnomah' during the
week. The present ts their first trip
into that part of the world being rapidly ;
discovered by Eastern tourists. Cutler i
is vice-president of the National Life, In
surance company of Vermont and Field!
is superintendent of agents for the same
company. The. visitors were . guests of
the local representative of their concern
on a trip over the Columbia river high
way, upon which 'they were? treated to
a scenic feast such as neither had ever
before seen. ; , I "
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J. E. Nelson, general superintendent of
the' Lewis & Clark railroad ; at Astoria,
was a week-end guest at the. Hotel Ore
gon. ' Astoria is planning no little bit
on some day: doing away with her rail
roads altogether and substituting air
routes and air carriers. But that happy
port isn't in ' any particular haste to
transform its transportation ; system, for
its railroads and its fcicreaslrig port busi
ness merit much encouragement.
-I , .; ! . t ::. Y :
The demands of a wholesale dry goods'
business notwithstanding. Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Decker of Salt Lake City are;
guests at the Multnomah hotel for a
few days in j connection' with a month's
vacation. They are missing nothing In1
the way of scenic attractions and when
they get back into the great, wide, clean
streets of Salt Lake City they will be
armed with a whole, library of new facts
about Pacific coast wonders. .
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Arthur G. ) B. Bouquet. Instructor In
vegetable" gardening at the Oregon Agri
cultural college, is a big, tall, rosy -sort
of a fellow -who is said to know more
about the business of coaxing a back
ward radish : from a reluctant soil, than
any man in; the state, Bouquet, who
admits he is very properly named for his
calling, was a guest at the' Imperial
during a brief stay in the j city.
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Miss Minnie McConnell, Mr. and Mrs.
IMPRESSIONS jAND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
.The history of a femlly of Oreiron pioneers
is to be traced ' by . Mr.-; Lockley fcin thW nd
three ucceUJnB itifitallments., - A principal p
wode In the prenent uiTfaion or the subject,
an extraordinary voyase from San Francisco to
the 1 Willamette: by ay of . New Orleans and. ail
way pointa. :,-?.
Some time, when you think you are
having a long, slow jand monotonous
journey ask some Oregon pioneer abput
his Journey T across the plains, some
time when you think you are having a
hard time, ask some white hatred grand
mother about her girlhood' in Oregon. I
visited Robert A. Booth at ; Eugene re
cently. We met first when we were both
at the speakers' table at a reunion Of the
students of Willamette university some
years ago. We have met since as speak
ers at Y. M.i C. A. banquets and get-together
meetings. I have heard scores of
pioneers speak or Mr. boom s xauier
and mother .1 and invariably they have
spoken of them so kindly that for a long
time I have been anxious to learn more
of their 'history. . ,
-. I- .. i ;- " - -"My
name is Robert Booth, my fath
er's name was jtODerr. uoom ano my
son's name Is Robert," said Mr. Bootlu
Mv father was born at a little place
called ; Harwood Lee,, near Bolton, in
Lancashire, August 4. 1820. He left Liv
erpool when he was a lad of 10. with his
father, mother, tnree orouiers ana imvo
sisters, aboard the sailing ; ship Salem.
It took them 44 days to reach New York
city; as they had rough weather all the
way. My father landed .a job at a dol
lar a week filling quills and spools in a
carpet factory. In the fall of 1836 they
started for Fort Des Moines. To get
there they sailed from New York city
for New Orleans, where, changing to a
liver steamer, they sailed up the Mis
sissippi to St. Louis. Leaving the fam
ily - there, my grandfather went on
to secure accommodations for them
at Fort Des Moines. Shortly after
Thanksgiving day (they sailed aboard
the steamer Envoy for the lower rapids
of the Mississippi. The heavy Ice broke
the paddle wheel of the steamer, so they
put in at Hannibal, Mo., for repairs. The
winter of 1836 was unusually severe. The
river froze clear across, so their boat
was frozen in all winter. They spent De
cember, January and February aboard
the steamer, when the Ice broke up. al-
Olden Oregon
How a Second Donner Tragedy Was
,,. Barely Averted In 1849.
When the pioneer wagon train fsom
Oregon to the California gold diggings
in 1849 overtook the party of Northern
Californians led by Peter Lassen they
found it in a state of demoralization and
almost of despair. The " country was
unexplored, and they had encountered
obstacle in -i the way of Impassable es
carpments and .i heavy ' forest growths
that they could not have overcome alone.
But the . two parties together had man
power enough to hew a way through the
forests, and could spare scouts to look
out a feasible route far enough In ad
vance to avoid serious obstacles. But
for the Oregonians arrival another Don
ner tragedy would probably have taken
place, for it was not until November
that the expedition at last reached the
Sacramento valley. , ,
Uncle Jeff Snow Says :
I'm not a-goln to move to North Da
koty. . If they, prove. after a while that
they've got ; somethin good to workin'
we can copy the pattern and try it out
in Oregon.) ; Ma got her a pattern of
these-here (new coveralls the women is
makin'- in Uk and she lows the mate
rial is too expensive and the looks no
better'n ths old enes ehe bought before
the world war for $1.17 at a bargain sale.
She ain't, no Idea of pickin fruit this
summer In silk coveralls. .
SIDELIGHTS
The Woodbum Community club is In
process or oreanizatioa. it is oroposea.
the Independent says, I "'to have a club
membership of i 200 ivith a live, paid- sec
retary." I V
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Last week ithe iBurns News had
birthdav. and so Hid the News man.
The paper is now at quarter of a century
old. The m confesses to more than
twice that age. s
This imrtrovcmenl note Is from a re
cent issue ofthe Baker Herald: "Be
cause Baker is being cleaned up the old
Red Front barn, fot. many years a land
mark and at one, time the mecca of
the entire county, 1 vanishing, and
within a few days 111 be no more. The
buildiner will remain btandina. but the
red front is being replaced by a white
one.
State
Forester Elliott has told the
anthnrltiea ,1 Ralior that thn inSUtU-
i tion of ian alrplan. patrol for Western
Wlx- hA aicntiinllHhed
zioaniia rv i,ivihir Hlavt that have
.1 r v. , .. . , , . Ji- in ,r.,
UIUD lilt UfUCKKU 1 -
e-rens nrl that at auiv rate an aerial
passenger . and -mafl service must be
expected, and urges Baker to be, diligent
and provide a landing, zieia.
4-
E. J. Shaw, and Mr. arid Mrs. John Robb
are stopping at the Cornelius hotel while
hesitating in the city7 They are return
ing home from. California, but side trips
over the Columbia i river highway and
other nearby places of
were irresistible.8
charm and beauty
Mr. and Mrs. William Cairns and
daughters Margaret and Catherine are
at the Multnomah hotel from their home
at Detroit, Mich. ,Mr. Cairns, who is
manager of the Detroit Pressed Steel
company, is -personally conducting ,a
family sightseeing
Pacific coast. Otherrtobrlsts at the Mult
nomah are Mr. and Mrs. Fred G. Chris
tie of, Butte. : Mont.
secretary and treasurer of the Montana
Transfer .company, i
A. F. Coates, owner of extensive lum
ber interests in Tillamook' county, ; is
registered at the Multinomab hotel from
Seattle.' Coates is en route to California.
Bert Greer -dropped in-to see the big
city on Saturday. Greer is a resident
of Toledo, an enterprifelng Oregon coast
town, where he is a, member of the city
council. i :
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Referring again to tfte Multnomah ho
tel register we find the name of Charles
O. Brand, owner of the Overland or
chards'at Roeeburg. who Is here for the
week-end. Brand, .declares there will be
a huge crop of fruit hi Douglas county
this year and anticipatesthat it will be
more effectively . handled this year titan
has ever been poseiole. - ,
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Mr. and Mrs. ; J. . A- Thornburr of
Forest Grove s arei guests at the Hotel
Oregon. Forest Qrov4 contains a bank
and at the head jof the controllng or
ganization is the jPortland visitor, i
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Mr. and Mrs. O..E. Roblnaon andAheir
daughter. Miss Marhin, who aeside . at
Ingersoll, Canada,, weife week-end guests
in Portland. They have been visiting in
California.
Lockley
lowing them to continue their journey,
which they did by; returning to KU Louis
for a new start,! thus losing 26 days
more.
"The three troops of dragoons stationed
at Fort Des Moines hd been ordered to
proceed to Fort Leavtlnworth, so Colonel
Mason allowed my people to camp in the
old : apple orchard,: which had been
planted by a Frenchman in 1796. - While
camped here the Irwhple' family became
sick, - my father's ' father dying on ; Sep
tember 9, 1838. Having lost their stock
and spent ; all their knoney, the widow
with her young children took up a place
In the Black Hawk purchase.
:".. -. "
"When'my father cime, of age he left
home, , working . for a year or so In Mis
souri and Illinois. In the fall of 1843
he was converted at a quarterly meeting,
and next spring was i riven an exhorter's
license. On AugUBt 28, 1845, he mar
ried Miss Mary Minor. He crossed the
plains in the summer of 1850 to Hahg
town, Cal., to. make jhis fortune In the
mines. That winter he- decided to come
to Oregon to visit his brother.. He sailed
aboard the bark Hebe. For eight days
they bucked, heavy storms, making lir
tie headway. For weeks they had a suc
cession of violent storms or dead calms
and were blown out of their course.
After 52 days, arid when they were on
short rations of both - food and' water,
the Hebe ran in and landed-the passen
gers not far from Granada, 700 miles to
the north of the, Isthmus of Panama.
From Gratiada father sailed aboard a
small sloop :for . 'San Carlos, where he
hired natives to take! him in a canoe to
Graytown, on the Caribbean sea. . Here he
caught a ship for mw .Orleans, which,
encountering: a severe storm in the Gulf
of Mexico. -. reached port in an almost
sinking condition. "
: "Many rfej fathr's relatives had al
ready gone to Ore Son, so he made a new
start for the Willamette valley and on
started across the
plains. Father re Ached McMlnnvllle late
in November after a
trip of great hard
ship through loss ! of
his stock, sickness
from cholera and other misfortunes. He
had his wife and four' children with a
winter to face, ana bis total capital was
815.40." , -J - . ' '
Curious jBits of Information
For the Curious -- '
Gleaned j From purlous Places
- Both the sun and tie moon are factors
in 'causing ' the - tides. - There are two
principal tides during; the season the so
called "spring: tides and the . "neap"
tides. The spring tides are the high
tides, and Ahe neapi tides those which
are especially low. The high tides occur
during the new moor). - The moon, being
so much- nearer the earth than the sun,
has a greater influence than . the sun.
The theory of the tides is that- when the
sun and the moon pull in. the same di
rection there are especially high tides on
that side of the earth on which this dou
ble gravitational pull Is exerted. If the
sun and the moon pull In opposite direc
tions, or at right angles to one another.
the tides will be low. The theory la that
when the sun and the moon pull together
in one straight line their combined pull
causes the water on that side of the
earth to rise .higher than it usually
would. If their pulls are in different di
rections tBey will tend to neutralize one
another to a certain extent. It is a cu
rious fact that-full lunar tides occur on
the side of the eartbj opposite the moon
at the same time as on the side nearest
to j itn The reason fbr this is that the
gravitational pull exerted upon the water
is also- exerted try a Certain extent Aipon
the solid earth, fchd
pulled toward th moon, with the result
that the water oo the opposite si f
the earth is "left behind."
The Oregon Country -
Nortbwat Happening In Brief Form for tb
busy header.
OREGON; NOTES
Clatsop
county teachers have
been
called to meet, in Institute at
Astoria,
way in. .... j . , ..j
Lane county Odd i Fellows, assembled
in annual convention at -Eugene, with
over 200 member present, titmiiimousH'
indorsed the mlllag tax bills for edu
cation. '
With the excentlOB of the iwarh ,-rnn
it is believed that Doticlas county fruit
has been but little damaged ny tie pro--tract
ed cold rains i of ihe past few
weeks. . ,
The ChriMti'an Voiitio- T'nnlj,'a nnirn nf
Albany has passed resolutions denounc
ing, those citins who are u.sinsr Bry
ant park as a dumping ground for garo-
uo ana otner rettiste.
The work of constructing the new
Hwer line between' CorvalHs and Al
any is scheduled to, he-rln nt oiipa. The
linemen will build a new i o w e r line and
then take the old one lown.
Laying ot new caa maiiiR m thi norti
side of the river at 1 IVinllotou has be. u
completed by the Pacific Power .V LiMiit
company, and a complete circuit if f.ur-
mcn pipe throughout the city erfectel.
Bernard Mainwarlne. editor of the
O. A. C. Barometer, in aeriouKly ii; at
his home In Newberfe. Ills Illness Is-c.ue
to an abscess which starter! in rris left
foot while he was In Seattle duting -he
spring vacation. j
The L1nn County Farm bureau ha.
otganixationn at Fo Valley. Crow Foot,
Jordan, Lake Creek," Orleunx, Grand
Prairie., Kiverslde. Khedd, prinjr liram-h
ntar Lebanon and, Oakvllie. and will
continue the work.
"Take a aood look at that dollar be
fore you paRS It . 011 !" is the warnimr
ifstied by Salem banks aa a result of uu ''
Influx of counterfeit coins that have ap
peared during the pant month. Since
March 15 about 30 have been (Uncovered.
One of the immediate objectiven of
Woodburn's new t'ommunlty club Ih to
promote the location there of the pro
posed university of the denomination
called the Church 'of God, which has
a headquarters and camp meeting
ground at Woodbum.
The Miller A Walter real estate firm
at Corvallis han offered a ft cent bounty
for all gray discern killed in Benton
county in the month of May, with a trip
rrom l.orvnllis to Portland and- up the
highway offered the .two persons killing
the largest number of diggers in that
month. l
Approximately 250 applicants hae
filed on the O. & ;C grant land, ac
cording to W. II. Canon, register at the
Roseburg land office. This nmnber In
cludes those who, exercised squatter
rights and also those who have taken
their, preference right. A large portion
of the applications were received front
squatters who arej filing on lands ok
which they . have-i made their homes.
However, ex-service men are now filing
in large numbers on various units anil
it is expected that over 330 will have
placed their applications before the
drawing takes place.
WASHINGTON
' Mrs. Anna Waldron is dead at Hill
yard at the age of. 14. She was a naliv
of Ireland. j
A poll of North i Central high school,
Spokane, Ahowa only seven of the 644
boys enrolled are unable to swim.
" The Presbyterian congregation at
Johnson has decided not to employ a
resident pastor for' the coming year, as
Ihe membership-is too small. A visiting
pastor, will probably be in charge.
'! Contracts have I been submitted to
about 65 teacher-w in the Wenatchc
schools who have been elected for next
year at Increased salaries. The super
intendent will receive J3000 a year.
: Sheriff Yates all Walla Walla has de
manded and -received the resignation of
Deputy Sheriff and Jailer William God
bold, named in connection with the re
cent "boose scandal" at the county Jul I.
William Rovard, a Moxee hop grower,
contracted to sell 480,000 pounds of hops
to be exported to England as soon am
fOHfible for a total consideration of
137.800. Prices range from 2i to l
cents. f .
Successful contestant in" the Sutton
oratorical contest at the state normal
school at Cheney ; were Beatrice Rolf
Of Portland in the dramatic. :1km and
Mildred Mlllgard of Colfax In the humor
ous class. . .
Excavation for the basement of a new
theatre to be a brick building, one story,
36x100 feet, is in progrena at WlHiur.
The Columbia Basin Oil company has
ordered ample equipment, which is en
route to Attalia, where an oil well Is to
bo drilled.
Yakhna teachers.' though dissatisfied,
with a proposed bonus plan that would
net them about $150 a year above sal
arv, it is reported may accept with the
understanding that next fall there will
be a special election to provide addi
tional funds. -.'..,-
Indiscriminate solicitation of adver
tising from the business men of Pull
man for blotters, folders, programs and
other printed matter by the students of
the state college or their organizations
has been made taboo by the associated
students. The only publications for which
advertising may be solicited are certain
named official publications of the stu
dent body. ; -
'; ID Ano
.jf-'lty council of Wallace-has adopted
a resolution placing city employes under
a daylight saving plan, effective at once
and continuing to October 31.
George F. Wlllhelmy, age 46, of Ratli
drm, met. death instantly in his home
when a .22 rifle which he was taklrv;
from a closet was discharged, the bullet
entering the center of his forehead.
' A Curtlss 'Seagull will be or." of the
big attractive features of I.ak! Coeur
d'Alene this summer. A stock company
has been formed and an order pla-.:l for
the flying boat, which will be delivered
within 30 days.
EXPLAINING THE HERMIT
. From the Kana City Star
A good many of the unknown 'Yela
tlves" who always appear soon after
the death 'of a rich hermit probably art
genuine, and help explain why the her
mit became a hermit.
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More About the Copy Reader,
Whose Other Names Are
j " "Savvy" and Speed.
The copy table In The Journal edi
torial rooms Is cut in the shape of
an angular half circle. Around It
there are places for seven men. The
straight tide .is Cupped sufficiently
deep to provide room for the head of
the copy desk to sit. At his left
hand Is the double ' pneumatic tube
which carries copy to the composing
room In leather containers.
Ordinarily the. copy reader is both
loved and reviled by his fellow work
ers. If he commits an error of fact
In altering copy he is promptly called
ta account by the person who wrote
the original ; if he writert a fancy lead,
bringing out the feature which the
reporter has missed, rr may get full
credit' for it from the head of the
dpartmenta. ;
One of the requisites of the suc
ctfsful copy reader Is speed. To get
the copy Into -the hands of the type
setters is the main thing when edi
tions are coming out every few hours.
Although the copy reader is scond
battery of "the" editorial end of the
newspaper, unlike the editor, and
similar to the reporter, he must not
express his own opinions in headlines
or stories. He must, hew to the con
text lines, and never write a bead
that is stronger than the story.
The copy deak has Its director gen
eral, whose business is to indicate the
kind of headline wanted. He must
understand what stories to "play up"
or keep down, see that the punch is in
the head, and that it-tells the story.
, Journal headlines. If read alone, tell
-the news of the day. The busy
reader finds, them a. valuable aid in
getting, a quick mental survey of all
the newspaper contains.