The Oregon daily journal., May 08, 1920, Page 4, Image 4

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I AT BAN FRANCISCO TOO
N
OR is it likely that the only po
: lltlcal knock-dOwn-and-drag-out
Is to happen at Chicago.
r San Francisco Is already tuned up.
There is possibility of as pretty a
display of political fireworks there as
has ever been seen at a national con-?
mention in this' country. v
Governor Edwards announced his
. : candidacy yesterday. He was elected
governor of New Jersey on. a light
wine and beer platform. His hat in
, the ring for the presidency is to Mr.
Bryan worse, than 400 red rags and
i red! flags and red wagons swarming
around a nervously Inclined bull. ;
The hurling of grape Juice bottles
at the Edwards candidacy has already
- begun. And they will fly thick and
fast on the floor of the San Francisco
. ! convention. If it doesn't descend into
a political Kilkenny cat fight without
, a parallel, it will be because the dele
gates will realize that the Wilson
record of constructive legislation and
the Wilson conception of a world 6r
: ganized or peace, is a worthy and
1 powerful issue for a great political
j party, that many of the states have
j effectually settled the wet and dry
question in their own way, and that
the grc. problems left by the war
are what the; people are. looking to
parties and presidents to meet and
solve. - '-!.'.! ' f
If! the delegates at San. Francisco"
kth i a 1. 1 1 1 r I i ! I II ' 1 1 r I f ) r l fiT I M rpp vpapa
of Wilson's legislative enactments, a
jr proper conception of, the great war
fought and won and a true perspec-
tive of what! a League of Nations
means, a great convention In which
political civil war is" now threatened
may chart its course and do" its duty
to the country. In peace.
, ! " , :
j- Is (here a possible relation be-
erAM tk . i. . il. j . -
! tusuiiue is greater jinan me BUpply
and the financial troubles of the
street car company? Suppose no
autoist picked up people waiting for
the coming of street cars? . Suppose
the Los Angeles plait were adopted
and downtown parking prohibited,
thereby encouraging economy of gas
oline and compelling payment of
street car fares by those who pay ho
faxes now?
MEETING THE TEST
TV)RE than the element of reciproc-
AvAity Is contained in the section of
; the Tlvers and harbors bill which was
j" Inserted at the instance of Western
I senators and which recognizes local
, eontribution to the cost of port im-
i provement as an argument in favor of
.government appropriation.
; It calls upon ports to show by their
works their faith. It eliminates the
Odor of decayed pork by furnishing
L evidence that the port exists primarily
. foe commerce and not to bring cheap
) ly gotten government money into the
. community. - ;'
The provision is supplemental to the
position previously taken by the' war
department that government apprppri
, ation should be premised upon the use
t made of the waterway and the vol
ume of commerce handled by a port
: c. .;' In Its report the senate committee
' said: . ' , - : ::
The time has come for greater local
cooperation in making river and harbor
- improvements. , In some sections of the
country substantial contributions are be
ing made by localities benefited in con-
nectjon with actual navigation works
, They organize themselves into port dls
tricts and levy taxes to aid in this work
This should be done generally through-
. out tfe country, it will result In great
er economy and more care in the selec
tion of projects. - In many cases local
benefit are even greater than national
benefit. Where local benefit can be
approximately measured there ia no good
reason why the community should not
take care of the same. This amendment
looks to the presentation ot the facts
to congress along- with the judgment of
experts to aid ia determining; what local
cooperation if any should-be had, and it
Is hoped that this will develop a general
policy mat will: ro a long way toward
stifling- . the "pork barrel" slogan and
fallacy." .. f :.- j j : .'j : - .
If cooperation with the government
is a test, the. Port 'of Portland meets
it. If contribution to the cost of port
improvement j is, a decisive factor, a
long record establishes this port as an
example to the other ports of the
country. Millions have been spent in
creating-and; maintaining the harbor
and channel from Portland to the con
fluence of the Willamette and the
Columbia: At the! time when con
gressional delay In providing funds
halted the "vitally important work of
constructing ,the north jetty at the
mouth of the Columbia the ports of
Portland and Astoria provided funds
and the work went on. Many times
the port's dredges have supplemented
the efforts of government dredges In
the channel below the mouth of the
Willamette, j ;
. There is na doubt of the destiny of
the 'ports of the Columbia.
Immediate growth In exports - and
imports furnishes : demonstration,
which with the reciprocity of this
port with the government should suf
fice not only; to win maintenance of
the channel in statu quo, but put
under way immediately the 35-foot
channel project i j
The slogan! of a newly formed or
ganization, the Service league, Js,
"Help Make Portland 100 Per Cent
Efficient." The league proposes to
solve the problem j of accommoda
tions for visitors during the conven
tion season, to direct a clean-up cam
paign, to aid in fire and accident
prevention, to jmake Portland more
worthy the name j "Rose City," to
help advertise j Portland In the East
and to get people, attracted by such
advertising, started on the right
track when they come. One would
think Portland : had enough organ
izations. !. But If the new league rep
resents more' the pawer of consum-
mation than j conversation it should
be welcofied. ) .-: 1
THE TOLL SMALLER
t ' i T- I
THERE is encouragement for those
aiding In j the accident prevention
"campaign! in the report of the-traffic
bureau for the j month of April. Al
though there! aire sttll accidents, far
top many, the toll j 6f collisions has
greatly diminished!. Fewer people
are sent to the hospitals and fewer
carried to their graves.
The estimated increase in the num
ber of automobiles j on the streets: is
32 per cent. I There, are more, pedes
trians. Congestion s more acute, f
In spite of j that, only seven people
were killed in the first four months
of 1920. ! If the ratio is continued
throughout the
' 1 '
year, only 21 persons
will meet their
I deaths in automobile
collisions. It s a decrease of one
half in comparison with the 42 killed
collisions In j 1919. . . ,
There were fewer jnjured last month
than in any similar period for ayear
with the exception of December. And
in December! many machines were
stored for the I winter, and the ! new
cars were not jn the highways. But
in spite of the multiplied number of
machines and pedestrians, fewer peo
ple were sent;tj the hospitals than in
September, "October or November.
With strong
law enforcement, ap
Ilcensing drivers' law.
plication of the
greater care 6nJ the part of pedestri
ans and automobile operators alike,
and, possibly more rigorous local reg
ulation, the accidents, the In'mrlps
and the killings should continue to
decline. I j " L i '
Cheaply produced liquid hydrogen,
one gallon of which will drive an
automobile 250) miles, jis declared to
have been discovered by an Italian
chemist, j If he) hasn't made the dis
covery somebody else willyet evolve
something like it. j And .what a so
lace it will be to havs deliverance
from' the tolls and power of the few
institutions thai are privileged to fix
the price of gasoline! .
UNFAIR TO MR. BUCHTEL
PUBLIC SERMCE COMMISSIONER
FRED BUCHTEL has been at
tacked in Astoria. It is because the
Oregon public service commission
joined in the; rate case for securing
lower; rates down the Columbia.
The attack id by I G. C Fulton, at
torney for Astoria in the case. On his
recent return " ifroni the -hearing at
Washington, Mir. Fulton said in an
interview
Tfie only dangerous feature of the
whole case, so Ifar as Astoria ia rmn-
cerned; lies in tke fact that the Oregon
public service; commission has asked
tnat Portland be given at better rate
than Astoria. Klveryone knows tha triia
TOmmiasion 5ieppea mt0 the case when
it naa no business to, and the fact that
It did so is due almost wholly to the
work of Commissioner Buchtel. who Ah
now seeking renomination as a member
of the commission and at the hands of
Astoria voters, j i , . "
This is a very plain attemnt to make
political sentiment in Astoria against
Commissioner BuchteL It is a pro-.
posal to punish him for his nubile
act in supporting the Portland con
tention in the rate case.
It does not seem just to Mr. Buchtel.
The chief contention in the rate case
was that the rate downhill to Port
land should not be so high as the
rate over mountains to Puget Sound.
it was a proposal, for example, that
Umatilla wheat 218 imilea to Portland,
snouid 'have -a rate lower than, the
rate, 330 miles, to Puget Sound.' On
sucn an issue, .how could Mr. Buch-
tel be expected to take the side 1 of
Puget Sound? ' ' ' !
If Commissioner Buchtel " and the
other . Oregon commissioners had not
supported the Portland and Umatilla
county; shippers,; contention,: - they
would have favored t Washington in
stead of Oregon. They would have
been against their own state and on
the side of the state of Washington.
That would have been a very strange
position for them to have taken.
But because, being Oregon commis
sioners, they supported the Oregon
side in the' controversy, they are at
tacked by . Mr. Fulton. They are not
only attacked by Mr. Fulton,; but Mr.
Fulton is calling upon the voters of
Astoria to beat Commissioner Buchtel.
It is not fair to Mr. Ruphtel. No
public official ought 'to be punished
for stanjiing up for his own state
against the unfair advantages In rates
sought by another state.
WORTH ELECTING
NUMEROUS local organizations have
Indorsed George W. Joseph for
state senator from Multnomah county.
If the Republican party sends him
to Salem It will have no backwash.
From no act of his will it. have bad
laws to answer for. 1 It will have hdj
dirty legislative deals or jobs to be
accountable for. It will have no joker
legislation to confound or confuse It.
All this is known from Mr. Joseph's
former record as a senator, i He was
such a public servant s a careful
business' man or an honest working
man would select to represent his in
terests in a private capacity, j He was
intelligent in his conception and fear
less in discharge of his duty as a
legislator. ' i f - -
He is the exact opposite of the
thimblerigging legislator. He Is the
foe of skulduggery legislation, such
as so often finds Its way into an
Oregon legislature. s i
More cf such legislators J would re
store the legislature, to public confi
dence. More of such men .would do
much to lift it to an honorable place
in public respect. That body has lost
the prestige that it should ; have,
through acts of rotten politicians sent
mostly from Multnomah county, who
debauch and demoralize legislation and
the legislature. The trickery and chi
canery' and double dealing at sessions
are the cause of the clamorous de
mand so often heard for abolishment
of one branch or another of the body
and that in one election nearly re
sulted in the abolition of the state
senate.
Representative government can only
be successful and satisfactory when
honest and effective representatives
are chosen for the work. 'It is the
conscienceless men In legislative and
other government, and what, they do,
that supply I. W. W. with arguments
with which to fight representative
government. - A !
r . . :: ,J
The man who asks why parking
restrictions are not marked on 'the
streets as Jwell as written! into the
statutes has submitted a pertinent
question. ' Why leave to guess or
chance the confusing multiplicity of
rules? Why not clearly outline the
safety zones" that are for the pro
tection of car riders? Why not' add
to the "congested district", signs the
information that within this district
parking more than 30 minutes" is
prohibited? Why not erect i on the
bridges signs thati will i! tell the
straifger as well aa the resident auto
ist that machines must not gei. out
of line or exceed 15 miles an hour?
Traffic laws are the foundation of
public safety, but cooperation is apt
to be ! more effective than penaliza
tion in their enforcement, j
OREGON ARISTOCRACY
P A MAN write a. better book, preach
a better sermon or , build a better
mouse trap than his neighbor, though
he build his house ; in the wood, the
world j will make a beaten path to his
door. I '
A cow mildly grazing in a meadow
or stanchioned in a stable is so yvonted
a sight in rural districts j j that ; the
farmef boy passing by scarcely gives
her a
second glance. ! i
.Yet
it has only been a few days
since the president and secretary of a
national organization made a pilgrim
age most of the- way across the coun
try to? pause In honor and admiration
before a cow.
The men are M. D. Munn, president.
and R. M. Gow, secretary, of the Amer
ican Jersey club. The cow they came
to see is Vive La France, world's
champion Jersey, in Marion county.
Vive La Prance is I the first of a
lengthening line of J dairy animals
whose names are carrying far abroad
the name and fame of Oregon. They
are identifying Oregon as the leading
district at the world in the production
of champion Jerseys. They arel fur
nishing proof, beyond that of book
lets ot eloquence, that the soil and
climatic conditions of this state are
perfectly adapted' to dairying. . ; j '
They' are" visible evidence that the
agricultural leaders of Oregon are men
of intelligence, devotion and foresight.
Thus the world makes a beaten
pathway to Oregon.
I SPIRIT OF AMERICA
HEN H. J. Langoe as a youth
sailed from Norway i to i the
United States, the parting counsel of
his father was, "My son, be a good
citizen of the country to which! you
are going to make your home.; I ' '
,At the close of a visit to the home
land, the father repeated the admoni
tion,; My .son, remember, always be
a gool citizen jf the land in which
you have made your home."
The; inspiration of the paternal ad
vice appeared not long ago in Mr.
Langoe's eloquent appeal ' for ! the
Americanization of the j foreign lan
guage press in this country. .
It appears again in theyery credi
table first Issue of The Northman,
printed . in Engiish and publishec' In
Portland as a continuation , and amal
gamation of the Pacific Skandinaven
and the j American Scandinavian. Of
this publication Mr. Langoe is man
aging editor. . In reference, to its pre
decessors, the Northman saysi ; .
Pioneer! work has been done by the
one, and the other advances from the
ranks of the foreign language press to
join hands and take up the work in
this field in which the foreign language
agencies have so conspicuously ; failed,
and endeavor to carry it forward Re
ward success. Through the medium of
the common language) it will direct its
effort toward bringing the foreign and
native born into a better ! understanding
of each other and toward developing
that better .citizenship which will come
from a removal of the barriers and ob
structions : raised by race : prejudice.
A worthy ideal this. It is the spirit
which in the beginning made Ameri
canism and is no less, potent now to
Americanize. i i ,
CANDIDATES ! AND
PLATFORMS IN
OREGON . :
Two for TJ. S. Senator, Three for Na-
tional Delegate, One for Presi
I' , dential Elector.
Robert N. Stanfield of Portland, Re
publican : candidate for "United States
senator, was born at Umatilla, Or
WOTw-g Juy i77. v ie at-
- I. TTrriotltla nrtil tt
and the: Weston
Normal ' school for
3 two years. e nas,
If since manhood, been
engaged in the sheepr
raising' and ; wool
business. and is now
j one of-the largest, if
r no the larees.: deal-
county in the house of representatives
at- the 1913, 1915 - and 1917 sessions,
and was speaker in 1917. In addition
to his sheep and -Vwool business, Mr.
Stanfield j is extensively interested in
banking and financial ventures.
Mr. Stanfield's slogan is: "Preserve
American1 institutions; maintain peace;
justice for service men ; develop Oregon's
resources." In his platform he says:
"Stand for preservation of American
constitutional government and American
institutions ; for maintaining peace ; for
recognition of American ; rights in all
our international agreements for justice
to the service jnen ? for equality of treat
ment for labor and capital ; for, punish
ment of profiteering. The cost of gov
ernment to our people should be reduced
by adopting a budget system, by in
creasing 'protective tariff sdutSes and
lengthening payment of our war indebt
edness. . am for increased federal aid
to improve Oregon's rivers and harbors
and reclaim arid lands. My aim shall
be to maintain progress and prosperity
rather than to restore unsatisfactory
pre-war conditions.
i r
Albert Abraham of Roseburg, candi
date for the Republican nomination as
.United States senator, was born at Can-
yonville, Or.; Septem
ber 10, 1869. He at
tended Wilbur acad
emy. Bishop j Scott
academy, ! the Uni
versity of Oregon
and the University of
4 California. He was
admitted to the bar
in 1892 and practiced
in Portland i until
1898, when he nioved
to Roseburg, where
he has I made his
home and nractlced
his profession up to the present. He
was referee in bankruptcy i from 1898
to 1908 ; i state , senator from Douglas
county during the 1909 and 1911 ses
sions, sought the Republican nomina
tin fr gvernr in 1910 and was; a delegate
to the national convention of 1916.
Mr. Abraham's slogan is : "Absolutely
against the League of Nations ;; com'
pletely in accord with Washington's poli
cies." In his platform he says: "I am
a firm believer in the soundness of
Washington's advice as given in his fare
well address, and that it is the best ex
pression to be found of the reason why
we should not ratify the treaty in ' its
present form with or without the reser
vations suggested." In addition to this
he says-: v, 'While my candidacy is based
primarily on the issue ; over the League
of Nations, it is also a protest against
the unlawful use' of money for campaign
purposes. : This amounted .to a scandal
two years ago,' when it is currently ru
mored one candidate for the office of
United States senator expended : about
$200,000. The sworn statement in be
half of the candidate shows the expend!
ture of the surg. of $27,341.62, and this
amount is in Itself scandalous, and pro'
hibitive to any but the very wealthy. It
is doubtful whether a seat in the senate
if won . by such means could be re
tained,
' Walter Gleason of Portland, candidate
for delegate from the Third congressional
district to the national Democratic con
vention, was"born in
Portland, January 24,
1889. He waa edu
cated at Watson and
Chapman j ' public
schools. Hill military
a c a d e m y , Cornell
university i and : Uni
versity of -Oregon
law school, graduat
ing from i the . last
named i institution
withthe degree of
bachelor of laws in
1911. : He I has j prac
ticed law from May 11, 1911, to date.
He has never held a political office save
that of Democratic precinct committee
man. : ! '
In his platform : Mr. Gleason says:
believe- my country to have the best gov
ernment on earth. However, it seems
that we are gradually becoming too pa.
ternalistic in qur forms of government
that we have too many bureaus, com
missions, boards' and officials whose
main duties seem to be to unduly don
cern themselves iwtth the life; liberty
and pursuit of happiness of the indi
vidual citizen. I believe that the liber
ties of a citizen : end only where those
of another begin ; believing the Demo-
tcratic party stands more strongly for
f the rights of ' the individual, 'I am
Democrat. : I stand for freedom, not re
pression ; : liberty, not license. His
slogan is: : "My country the; United
States euits me: my services are hers
to command. - :
Dan Kellaher of Portland, candidate for
delegate to the Republican national con
vention from the Third district, has been
engaged in the manufacturing and gro
cery business . in Portland for the past
30 years. He served as a member of
the city council during the administra
tion of Mayor Lane, as a state senator
from Multnomah ' county for two terms,
and has been a member of the city com'
mission and. of the public dock commis
sion.
In his platform he says : I believe in
: v.-'.-: fa
mi
3
following the principle of Washington
and Lincoln. - No foreign alliances ; no
super-government transcending the con
stitution ; government of the people, for
the people and by the people; free
speech, free press and a free people un
der the American flag, and Hiram John
son to restore to us the government of
the fathers; of the republic"
Leslie Jefferson Aker of Ontario,
candidate for delegate to the- Demo
cratic convention from the" Second "dis
trict, was born at Sprakers, N. Y July
aj::W:'-::;wft-'' ls. . He -; is a
r : v , ; graduate of high
:..-...;-:--r."K - :v::K-i
V;i.?g school.
the
Massa-
; chusetts College
of
Commerce and the
New York univer-
sity tew. school. He
has served aa news-
paper man and as
law ! clerk, was for
'a time; deputy col
lector of internal
revenue at ; Port
land, and is ' now
practicing law, at
Outarto.
Mr.
Aker'u- aloarn.n' la - TTnw.
pie's choice; indorsement of wonderful
aomplishrncnta of Wilson administra-
in pts . platforrq he says : "I
favor adoption of progressive Demo
cratic platform promising adequate
laws for tfee prosecution and elimina
tion of profiteering i restoring compe
tition and elimination of unifm-m
fixing by the- trusts ; establishment of
government price fixing bureau on
necessities of life. n.ru lni.u.
food and clothinsr. and nn nit 9.tiniQ.
furnished " Or manufactured by a mo
nopoly; increase of income tax exemp-
i jniviauaia to and $4000:
increase of surtax and cicmm r,mit
on an proms m excess of $5000,
,,u" per ceni or invested capital, on
xaduated scale to reach as high as
00 per cent on profiteers: legislation
in interest! of world war veterans:
more money for irrigation and drain
age ana less lor battleshinn anri a rmi.. -
immediate ratification of peace treaty
.vi ciiuaaipfl m jeague or Nations."
f" !: ; ;
Charles it Lockwood of Portland t.
publican candidate for m-esidentiiLi io..
tor, was born at Pittsfield, Pa., ine
14, 1869. He attended the public schools
ana university or Oregon and is a erad-
uate of the !law department: wa admi.
iea to tne bar In October, 1880. and has
practiced law in Oregon from 1830 to
date ; 1890-1893. first assistant TTnitoH
states attorney ror the district of Ore
son; lBSb.jf special assistant United
stales attorney; 1905 i and 1918-1920
deputy county clerk for Multnomah
county, i Hei was precinct committeeman
m oiuimoman county from 1905 to 1918,
and secretary of the Republican club of
uregon irorn ioo to 1918, then elected
presiaeni. Air. xockwood says . in his
platform: I pledge myself to vote for
my party's nominee for president and
vice president or' the United States in
ine electoral college' His slogan is
"Ponnhllnow"
, it.--- y
Letters From the People
publication in thl drrment honM h
en onlv orn, riiIa nf th naM .v...t.i .
ttnn i . ; : . D.J.,v.,,i rcmi
," irnexn na must be cigned bj the
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Pnj tb contnbution. J .
THE3 LABORER ON THE , FARM
Hubbard. May 7. Tn th
ic journal i reao; with interest your
iloiib4s in; ine journal on the scarcity
farm labor. r have read aimiiar
jeremiads at various times the last 25
years, and rather numeroiisiv th ig.
three years.) I note what county agents
nave 10 say or the genus farmharid.
"wu ouggesi io mem mat a wear's
experience or farm life, not as af col
lege man with an automatic fountain
pen or rattling Corona, but as the or-
amary variety : of country lake., who
buys his job on Second street and takes
what he gets, would give them a wider
view. - j-
A few words as to myself personally.
so my whitej collared, penpushing friends
win not ciass me with the pool ha 11
uzaras or wnom they write so glibly
wornea norses years Derore i; was
big enough to put the harness on them.
I know - them from foretop to fetlock
and talk their language (jackasses not
barred). 1 1 have pailed my string of
cows morn and night for many moons.
i"c natiujeu Diieep in xiaras or six
to 6000. The majority of my years have
been spent In farm work, and I like it.
Now I am trying to make a home for
myself on otte of .Oregon's famous brush
patches, and ask for nothing better. In
cidentally I! am offering someone a 20
per cent -investment with a leadpipe
cinch for security. But do I get it? I
do not.. So,; to protect my equity, it
necessary for me to get out and earn
a few dollars,' so It is likely that next
month will find me tapping spikes, or
chauffeuring on a Fresno, some :hun
dreds of miles from home, . most prob
ably, while i-Just over the creek I can
go to work on a job that is much more
necessary toi the country, and that would
probably net me just as many dollars.
Why not take it? Because I am neither
pariah nor hermit. 'I want the fellow
ship of my) own kind and the chance
to know and feel what Is passing in
the world of men.
If farm" paper editors and county
agents would take the trouble to study
the farm labor problem from the hired
mart's side they would be better fitted
to write about it, but some of them
would have a hard time getting another
county agency if they ever frankly . ex
pressed their experiences as . an average
hayseed variety of. farm hand.
a working worker.
A PROGRESSIVE TOWN j
Prom itho Kanaka City Journal ' '
"Ah. cowboys on the streets. I didn't
expect to see them in these days." ;
"We air ! progressive, stranger. ; we
have considerable tourist business and
these cowboys air maintained by the
town. ;
: EVERYBODY HAPPY? "
Pmtn Cartoon MaVmudnn
Brother's lost ' a. button from his $14
shirt, i!
Mother's sewing fasteners on her $40
skirt, s
Sister's nice! and comfy in her $80 fur,
And father works like 60 lor his du per
Curious Bits of Information
" For the Curious
Cleaned From Curious Places'
Shakespeare was a lover of flowers,
and there are at least' six or eight
Shakespearel gardens In various parts of
this country In his memory. Perhaps the
best known Is that in Central park. New
York city. The original design of the
garden, with cataracts, waterfalls and
rock erottoa! makes it one of the most
picturesque spots in the park. The gar
den was arranged to include only plants
specifically mentioned by- the poet in his
works, but lti is now pianneo to ana some
of the other jplants "that were popular in
his day andiage. In his works Shakes
peare mentions specifically over 200 va
rieties. Interest is added to the garden
by the presence of an oak brought from
Stratf ord-oft-Avon.
Olden Oregon
Barbaric Splendor Exemplified by
Indian Women In Early Days.
The Rev. S- H. .Spalding, missionary,
who arrived! in. the Northwest in 1836
describes in one of his letters the vogue
of vanities that appealed to the feminine
at
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
Today's vorrv la
of yesterdays blunder. .
-
It raav take a. womari lnnmr tn male
up her face than her mind. ...
Fortunate ta h whn novo- v.o . rwa
sion to change Jis opinion of himself.
Love is not nlwavi (Im lnt rminfiil
of the various intoxicant that make the
wona go round. v
This spring j manv a man who ia old
enough to know better will pose as an
amateur gardener.
Before doing anvthino- that -vnn r
ashamed of be sure all your neighbors
are several blocks away.
It is much r9lpr ia tell nuinla lh
there Is no use in worrvinsr than it is
to tell them how to avoid it.
If there is on thins- ttiar a man wnulri
rather not do than another it is to ac
company his wife on a shopping tour.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About flTown
Lawrence Langner. head of the legal
firm that bears his name in New York
city, Paris, London, Berlin arid else
where, is at the Benson hotel. pending
a few days visiting his brother, J. F.
Langner, while en route to San Fran
cisco to attend the foreign trade con
vention as a representative of the Mer
chants' and Manufacturers association
of "NewYork. The Langner firm makes
a specialty of patent work and the pro
tecting of patents and copyrights, hav
ing as its clients (such great institutions
as the Steel corporation, the National
Cash Register company. General Motors
and others, and is said to be the only
concea-n of its kind extant. But Lang
ner himself dabbles in things outside of
mere law . and comes into prominence
anew every once in a while as a' play
wright. Three of his, works have found
widespread production. To be sure that
he'll get to see a show now and then,
Langner owns the famous Garrick . thea
tre in New York. And all this in spite
of the fact that he is still a yoiith in
years. The Langner' brothers had not
met in nine. years.
At the request Of a thoughtless guest,
Manager A. B. Campbell removed a box of
forgotten percussion caps from a j room
at the Multnomah hotel and stored them
in a safetyi vault temporarily. Thurs
day, having forgotten the caps. Camp-
hell sought papers in the same place of
safekeeping. The explosive caps crashed
to the floor. ! Between the time he no
ticed the box sliding floorward and the
time it actually ! struck the floor the
manager had advanced . 300 yards di
rectly away from the room. Half an
houa after the explosion failed to occur
Campbell regained' his breath, gathered
up the dangerous implements and do
nated them to a contractor friend.
Believing thoroughly in the old truth
tht when the cat ; is away the mice will
play, Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Pridemore, who
conduct the hotel at Government Camp,
at the base of. Mount Hood, seldom get
away at the same time. Early in the
week L. F. himself was in - our: m.idst.
He returned just In time to relieve Mrs.
Pridemore of managerial duties and she
is now a guest at the Hotel Oregon, do
ing her spring and summer shopping all
in a bunch.
"God's country" isj home, 'authorities
agree, but that locality does not reveal
the place of residence of II. Gladstone,
who is registered at the Portland hotel
from that favored spot. Portland hotel
clerks,, imbued S with the delightful
weather of Friday afternoon, positively
declare that Portland is all there is to
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
I That thera is nothina- nw under ' th son
except new means by which to do the. same
old thin, i a proposition tta-d by Mr. Lork
1. v in mvif nf which he submits examples from
ancient Rome, and ewen from far more ancient
Babylon, . with special reference to aaTerinma
and the good office of the ubiquitous proa
MentJ . , - " i j
How old is advertising? ' I doubt if
anyone knows. . I do know that -Assyri-ologists
have translated the archaic
Babylonian cuneiform cnaracter or tne
Sumerian. language, stamped deeply on
the bricks used in the temple to the
moon-god at i Sippar, built 2800 years
before Christ,! and found them to read:-
"Urban, king of Uru, who the house or
Sin did build." The inference is they
were auality goods ; that he was proud
of them, and was willing to put his
name on them ana wantea omr ioiks
to. demand bricks of his manufacture
when they decided to put up a bungalow.
('-
The valleys' of the Tigris, the Euphra
tes and the Nile are rich in ada of the
Chaldean and Egyptian kings, who were
gathered to their fathers 50 centuries
ago. I We ; know of the life and trade
of Babylon, Persepolis, Ecbatana and
Sippar, through these hard-baked and,
for all I know, hard-boiled, advertisers,
who wrote, their ada on clay bricks cen
turies and centuries ago.
1 f;
Babylonia, under Hammurabi, in 2250
U. C., had its "tamkaru, which em
ployed salesmen; peddlers, press agents
and advertising men to tell the world
of Babylonian-made goods. Its clay
baked contracts, leases, letters of credit
and advertising matter haye been dug
jhj from Yemen on the south to the
Caspian sea on the north, and as far
east as the Indus. They had, just as
we have in Portland, a better business
bureau,. to put bogus advertisers out of
business. j k .
i . .
G. A. Schreiner. who, with the coop
eration of John B. Elliott of the Phila
delphia Public Ledger, has been doing
extensive research work in the field of
ancient advertising, in speaking of the
business methods of early advertisers,
says !-'.-!'
"The merchants of 2250 B. C. adver
tised promises they did not always keep.
This i is shown by the fact that Ham
murabi found it necessary to make a
law which punished nbn-complianpe with
contracts, verbal or written, with death.
One of the fine features of the Codex
Hammurabis is the insistence upon per
formance of promises and the placing of
responsibility ! where his kingly Judg
ment thought it belonged; Advertising
in those days had its drawbacks, there
fore, i To make a statement and not act
in harmony with it waa an offense that
could be visited with the death penalty.
To .die by the law in Babylon was worse
than dying in any other fashion. One
aborigine. He says, "writing from Fort
Walla Walla :j "The women of this coun
try are great gamblers. Six . or eight
of them will frequently stake property,
especially among the Nex Perces, to the
amount of 1500. mostly ornaments. Let
me tell the dear Christiaa ladies who!
lay out the Lord's money to appear Tine,
could they see a Ness Percea woman
with i herself and - her horse equipped,
pass through one of their cities, they
woclc go to their drawing room, take
down their sham trappings and cast
them Into the fire as not worth noticing
Iv comparison with the splendid equipage
of a Nes Perces lady and her milk-white
steed. '........- "- -
NEWS IN JBRrEF
r SIDELIGHTS
THte snow at Crsler Lake Is reported
about six feet deep! but melting fast.
t
The only interest -some of our Wood
bum men have infMars is to wonder
if there is any good fishing there, says
the Independent. 5 1 .
The largest salmSi landed In the Wil-
lamarta fivir at nrrraa Cltr this year.
as far as known, it the Baaner-Courier
says, was caught last Monday by James
Pauley of Canemah, who, with his son
Russell, took 38 minutes to land the fish,
which weighed 48 pounds. The men
were fishing near tjie Hawley mills.
"Next Sunday."
rnrvflllis OasttAj
1 aavs -
Thursday's
Tlmes "will be
about the best or the blossom days
at the Oaco orchards -at Monroe,
something like 600 acres of blossom
ing troea in on a a orchard, and there
are hundreds of fther acres in that
VakOrla'n O fill -XT CT " Alnlna. There is
no more beautiful ight in the state of
Oregon at any time or ine year man
the. hills of Southeri Benton at blossom
God's country, but jsAme others believe,
looking at the fanlf flourish on Glad
stone's penmansWpgtthat he must come
from one of thos? sunbaked beaches
down California w
Leslie Butler Hqod River banker, is
stopping at the Benson hotel while in
the city on business. Folks from -Hood
River testify that! the atmosphere is
powerfully warm jist now, but that all
things are about t3 be Justified by the
appearance of misions upon millions
of apple blossoms so scent the. 'air and
shade the valley.
Mrs. Nellie Fry-Jftnd children, whose
home is at Minneapolis, are stopping at
the Cornelius hotfi ' brief ly, preparing
to visit at the Buller ranch at White
Salmon, Wash., for a few. weeks. 'The
Butlers moved trips and calamities
from Minneapolis t White-Salmon' and
find things not onljf to their own liking.
but attractive to Uwsir eastern friends.
' .A . Is i m 1 . - t
. Harry Hamilton, Ithe big little man of
the Imperial hotel staff; is missing; He
has gone, investigation shows, to his
summer home at jBrightwood, on the
road to Mount Hod. where he is put
ting in . several dars . housecleaning. in
anticipation of a rial vacation later' in
the season. A naif here and there arid
a good dusting will repair an tne a am
age of the winter in the mountains. -
A. G. Lunn. poifttry ; specialist from
the Oregon,, Agricultural college, is at
the Seward hotel, having appeared in
the city to tell a crowd of folks in meet
ing at the library how to raise chickens
for profit and ; pleasure. On the same
ndcre of the reeistee is the name of J. H.
Aekerman, presiAnt of the Monmouth
State Normal school, who is known to
fame as the father-in-law of the O. A.
C. instructor. 'a
Mrs. J. T. Bridges is. not responsible
for the full price of last Christmas tur
keys, but she owns and personally oper
ates at .Oakland, OrL, one-' of the largest
turkey "ranches in the ' nation. Mrs.
Bridges is a guest at the Portland hotel.
. E. T. Haltom, Tillamook merchant, is
at the Oregon hotel. Marshfleld, another
lrriportant coast towni la represented at
the Oregon by ; Arthur McKeen, banker-
Thomas Hoalston ' and Mr. and Mrs.
Mose Bandetinl : of ' Calumet, Mich.,
are tourists- at; the -Portland. . The visi
tors are Identified 'fvith the mining in
dustry, b virtue of , long association
with which Hoalston has acquired . the
title of "captain : l i
Lockley ,
has but to remember a few of the more
favorite . modes of execution to under
stand what this meant. J i
"But a few of the ads-'bf ancient
Babylon have come down to us. In a
certain street, but' recently , excavated,
there lived a maker of senu shoes made
of mule leather, commonly kndwn in
the city as "street leathers.': The' labo
ratory if we may call It that of a
man who made a specialty of saman
buir, scented beef suet, used by the Baby
lonians to anoint the body, is still in
existence. At least lone official scribe
of the reign of Tiglath-Pileser I, who
made a specialty of writing leases, is
known to us by his ad." "
In the palmy daysl of Carthage, Ath
ens and Rome wine rherchants and
dealers in incense, spices; textiles, gems
and ornaments of gold.' as well as doc
tors, embalmers, hairdressers and res
taurant proprietors, were good-advertisers.
It was in Carthage that the sand
wich man was first employed. The
Importers and jobbers of that city-empire
announced the arrival of their gal
leys on' sheets of canvas, which men
slipped over their heads and wore like
a mantle. j
. When you pick up the Oregon Voter
and read .the announcements of political
candidates, . remember that Babylonian
rulers were not i Very modest in - their
claims of personal merit, as shown by
their ads. For example, more than 2000
years before Christ, .Dungl of Uru had
his press agent issue clay tablets, with
the inscription, "Dung! is a mighty man
and is king of Uru, king of Shumir and
North and South Babylonia.? !
In the ruins of Pompeii they . have
found -an inscription on the walls of a J
wine house on tne street or .ADunaance.
reading: - ''. ' f
AS LLrffAS NONE SINE SMYRINE
PRO C. POLLIO FUSCO. D. I
.: .....ROGANT I
Freely translated Into English this
means:-.' r-' '- J ;
. "Asellinas and Smyrlne are for Fusco
as alderman." " :-, . 1
Let the woman candidate take heart,
for Asellinas and Smyrine were both
women, and these early suffragettes
were campaigning for Fusco. -probably
he waa advocating higher wages for
teachers. In any event, he would do so
if he lived in 1920 A. p., and knew
there were "230 rural schools in Oregon
closed because they " are unable to se
cure teachers, and that, while the cost
of living has doubled, the salaries of
teachers have advanced less than 20
per cent over the pre-war standard. If
Fusco believed in common justice and
common sense he would - roll up his
leaves to right a condition that must
be remedied. '; ' :.",. L v
Uncle Jeff. Snow Says :
When tWcky DIech, who orates agin
speeders in the city court In Portland,
first come to Oregon, bout 80 year ago,
he didn't buy no ticket from Denver, and
he didn't have no put. The first meal
he et was bread and water, beln's him
and his pardner didn't have but five cop
pers 'tween 'em .when they lit "off their
sldedoor Pullman, Which coppers they in
vested in a loaf of bread and the city
furnished the water free. Borne say
that's why he has slch amasln sympathy
fer the down-and-outs, beln's he was
purty night the line hlaaejf encet.
The Oregon Country
Northwest Bapprninn in Brief Form for th
Busy Header.
OREO9N
A gasoline shortage is reported at
Roaeburg. '-:
Baker) citizens have decided to cele
brate the Fourth of July.
Judge! Eakln is holding a repular term
of the circuit court at St. Helens.
It is reported that a new woodenware
plant will be started at North Bend.
The Umnnua Academy association will
hold its fourth annual reunion at Wilbur
on June 5.
Mark S. Skiff Jr. returned to Salem
when things in Mexico became "too
hot" for him.
J. W. McArthur." superintendent of
bridges, has been making a survey of
bridges in Lane county.
Medford lodee of Elks will be in
charge of the Fourth of July cole-bratlon
for Medford and Jackson county.
Hood i River orchardists are rushlnur
shipment of 80 carloads of apples held
up by the recent freight embargoes-
A number of washouts are reported in
the new Lost Lake highway in -Hood
River county.. . Winter freshets are
blamed.!
The confession of a youth at Hood
River has cleared the myyiery of the
theft of fermenting apple juice from a
Hood River vinegar factory.
Farmers of the Soarta district. linker
county, are considering the formation of
a cooperative organization ror tne pur
pose of ; irrigating their land-
Ail rtPBfliuten r.onntv enmloves are to
go under the provisions of the working
men s compensation acr n hoojt as iw
sible. Only those engaged in office work
will be excepted. .
J. D. Hill of Portland, accompanied by
Charles R. Verryman, h motion picture
cameraman of Seattle, piloted a eeailarie
from Portland to Hood itlver. ana maao
an easy landing.
The question of whether or not the As
toria. fire department will be operatea
under the two-platoon system after Jan
uary 1 Is to be Kubmitted to the voters
at the primary election May 21.
The Port of Astoria commission, has
lnati-itfd ita nne-ineerinfir deuartment to
make surveys preparatory to condemning -
a right of way lor tne extension ui mw
Belt line- railway frpm Tenth street to
the eastern limits of the city.
Ttarvpv J. Short, who was committed
aV the Orpgon state hospital for the in
sane irom fortiana in 10 ui
county jail at Wichita, Kan., in connec
tion with the drowning! of his sweet
heart's i infant son, according to a mes
sage received by hospital authorities at
Salem. 1 ' '
j WASHINGTON
Only ! two suits for divorce have been
filed at Hoqulam since the first of the
year. - j ,
Drainage district No. 2 has been
formed to drain about 905 acres east of
Montesano.
Seventeen animals out of 813 cows In
87 herds of Grays Harbor county were
found tubercular in a two weeks- test.
Nine-year-old Everett Young saved his
5-year-old sister Myrtle from drowning
when she fell off a pile of lumber into a
mill pond.
Miss Bessie E. Lawler of Illinois has
been secured by Cowlitz county for anti
tuberculosis activities, and will begin
work June 1. '
! Major ' Harry A. Comeau of the
Barker-Comeau Furniture company has
sold his interest in the ompany to E.
F. Barker, his partner.
I One hundred and fifty Grays Harbor
residents have organized to work for
the passage of an $800,000 port develop
ment bond issue, to be voted on June, tfi.
I The 1 Carllsle-Pennell Lumber com
pany's big mill at Onalaska will rename
operations Monday aftex three weeks
shutdown to allow electrical installaUon.
! The union school board of the newly
consolidated district Rt "Oakland lias
taken Initial steps looKing towaru 1110
vntintr nf ir0.000 in bonds for a new
school building for the district at Oak-
ville. j
i Frederick L. Janeck of Yakima has
been selected as most excellent hluh
priest of the grand Masonic York itlt
bodies of Washington and Seattle lias
been chosen aa tbe meeting place of next
year's convocation of York Kite bodies.
1 An Injunction was issued In Superior
Judge W. A. Reynolds' court rec-training
Mrs. Elsie Degeller, wife of Waller A
Degeller, from disposing of a stun of
money approximating $15fo alkp"i by
the plaintiff to he on deposit in u 'ch
tralia bank to the credit of the defend
ants, i
; : IDAHO
Nam pa reports a building boom.
A navy recruiting officer is working
at Mountain Home. " j
Albert Knglehart is the j new water
master jat Castle Creek.
Road! crews are working on the high
way out of Montour toward Emmett.
Bolsei golf players are so rjunu-rous
tht a new-links is being considered.
Three white girls and two Chinamen
were arrested in a raid in i'ocatello's
Chinatown. !
1 During "the hay shortage in Bear Lnke
county (farmers are cooperating in dis
tribution of their stacks.
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs of Ada
county Tcelebrated the one hundred and
first anniversary of the founding of the
order on April 0.
The Woolley Holding Investment
company, capitalized nt $50,000. linn b--n
organized at , Pocatello to build and
operate! apartment housTes and to deal
In general real estate. '
Concerning the Busy Little
Want Ad and Its Place
in This Busy World
The' immense, volume of small
classified advertisements handled by
The Journal calls for many people
and many different operations. A
corps 'ot bright, courteous and high
ly trained girls at the counter on
the main floor of The Journal build
ing receive the "want" ads that are
brought in, estimate the number of
lines (in each, mark for the proper
classification, ascertain the number
of insertions desired, figure the cost
and "make out the ticket. The copy Is
then sent to the composing room
to be j set.
When a "want" advertiser d-s not
desire to come to the office- he -or
she has but to step to the telephone,
get The Journal office and a battery
of efficient "want" ad takers is
waiting to receive the advertisement.
It can be charged to the advertiser
and the bill sent later. Considering
the hundreds of small advertisement
whichf these girls receive ovr th?
'phone every day the percentage of
errors which they make Is very
small i Indeed. , - M
The! regular ; classified advertiser,
uch as the real" estate d'-aler, auto
mobile dealer, used furniture man,
etc, has only to call, and a solicitor
will be on the job In short order to
get his copy and If necessary help
him write his ad.
The' tremenedous growth of adver
tisings in The Journal, both display
and classified. In the pant two yeaj-s
is conclusive evidence of the high
regard in which advertisers hold The
Journal's service. The advertising
columns of The Journal are a reai
market place which one can take
Into the. home in the evening, sit
down and shop over at leisure. Since
dally; newspaper advertising Is rec
ognized aa the most economical
means of distribution, the advertis
ing department performs a real serv
ice to the buying public whpn it
persuades the producer and the dis
tributor to market their wares In
the "most modem and efficient way
through the advertising columns of
The Journal.