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The heights by treat men reached and kept
Were not attained by eudden flight;
But they, while their companion lept
Were toiling upward in the night.
Lnngiellnw.
AN OREGON MOVEMENT
TIERE seems to be promise of bet
ter markets for Oregon farmers.
Saturday, representatives of agri
cultural, financial, commercial, trans
portation and labor Interests met at
the Chamber of Commerce. Produc
ers, distributors and consumers ,were
there. They gathered to gain a bet
ter understanding and promote added
. cooperation. Thev were there to aid
the farmer and the consumer.
A market .commission bill was the
product. Under it, the state is to 'gain
Information for use of the producers!,
a . bulletin Is to be issued, and, the
state is to .assume leadership in 4he
.organization of cooperative marketing
associations.5 The state would lend its
facilities in behalf , of the producer.
The plan has been tried ii Califor
nia. There, waste. in production was
-eliminated, production was, encour
aged, farmers reaped the harvest of
their labor, prices were standardized
and new markets created. From near
bankruptcy, the producers rose' to
prosperous farmers under the leader
ship and protection of the state.
The meeting in Portland Saturday
foreshadows, a transformation in the
fortunes of . Oregon producers. The
spirit" of discontent and unrest that
has pervaded Oregon farms is appar
ently to be replaced by a spirit of
optimism and contentment. ' Capital,
labor and the state are joining to In
sure them full market values for their
products and earnest cooperation in
their endeavors.
Had there ! been meetings in North
Dakota like that at the Chamber of
Commerce there would in all proba
bility have been no N6n-partisan
league."
ASTORIA ANB'THEJ RATE CASE
IT WAS principle anJ fact, not dis
crimination between communities,
that governed the position of the Ore
gon public service commission in the
Columbia basin rate issue. ' it was
duty, not favoritism, and not desire
; to advance the interests of Portland
to the hurt of Astoria, that actuated
. the commission. '
So speaks Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Bailey, who represented the state
public service commission in the. ar
t gument of the Columbia basin rate
case before the Interstate commerce
commission. ,
The contest is one primarily be
tween the mountain routes to Puget
Sound and the water grade of the Co
lumbia river. The action. involves the
competitive relation of- the ports of
Puget sound and of the Columbia In
its anticipated effect upon the rate
structure., '
The commission made a comparative
study of distances and costs of transportation.-
The facts showed that the
water grade route between the Inland
Empire and Portland was shorter and
the haul less expensive than to Puget
sound. The commission submitted
these facts to the, interstate commerce
Commission.' It was its duty to do so.
But there are Astorians who affect
to believe that In failing to close their
eyes to the fact that extraostis
added by the 100-mile haul .between
. Portland and Astoria, the public spi-v-
Joe commissioners were scheming
against Astoria, xne punishment pro
posed is that Public Service Commis
sioner Buchtel.be defeated for reelec
tion. '. . 1
- What Astoria should see is that if
the interstate commerce commission
adopts Jts examiner's recommenda
tion ana orders a lower rate between
Portlknd-Vancouyer and j the ; zone
south of Snake river, the ports of the
Columbia will present a commerce
getting combination unsurpassed on
the pacific coast , Astoria, within 10
miles) of the sea has certain undenia
ble advantages which strongly augfr
the; building ' oil an 'Important port
there Portland-Vancouver, at the bead
of deep sea navigation, have also their
undeniable advantages, that point . to
great commerce establishment. f ,
Astoria would be in better position
today bad she elected to fight for
recognition j of the Columbia water
grade Instead of "siding with Puget
Sound. . " i i '. '
The
National Radium bank tn
New
York 3iaa a third of a million
doll
ars
worth of radium to lend to
phys
clans j and hospitals free of
charge
Tou could carry it all in
yoUr
was
vest pocket and not know it
tere.f MIti weight is three
grams.
But it is the largest collec-
tion
of American-mined i radium in
existence,
and can be used for cen-
turies.
TJ S. A.
( ,
EMMA GOLDMAN wants i to tcome
t ick to what she calls . "dear old
U. S. A." She writes Ben L. Reitman,
her former manager, .that America is
to be much preferred to "free Russia."
Thus is demonstrated the wisdom
of de Jorting to Russia those who want
to Russianize th United States. Dis
tance always leijds enchantment, and
Russia and; soviet government, once
you iire there, afe, not what they are
cracked "up to be.
As with Miss Goldman, so it would
be w th all of thfe Red regiments. They
have in their imagination pictured a
land that is not. There is on earth
no : lairyland wfiere there is living
with ut work. Tiere is not, and never
will be, a, millennium where the con
vene nces and necessaries; of civiliza
tion may be plucked from the bushes..
Thsre can : be no automobile; in
which to glide through the country
with Jul the work necessary to pro
duce it. There jran be no crops with
out the labor of planting the seed.
There can be no houses with bath
tubs and electric ranges and hot and
cold water j andi 'gas furnaces unless
somtbody toils to produce them.
These workless citizens who feed
their imaginations with luxuries to be
obta ned without toil, and who visual
ize .o themselves j lives of ease ; on
snowy beds of idleness without hav
ing somebody to wash the sheets have
not eckoned. wi th the fixed and un
alterable - ordinances of nature.
There is a lot to be done to better
Ame -iea. There are house - cleanings
to be made and civic affairs 1 to be
purl; led. There are defects to be rem
edied and great struggles to be "carried
on to hold our Institutions close to
their ancient foundations and to make
government serve the whdle people.
; Bt t America as she is, as Miss Gold
man at last adrjiits, is the freest and
bestUand under any sun, Is the glori
ous heritage of a developing people,
is working out hianifest destiny, and,
as a country, is the best bet in all
the world. 1 L ' ... ! " ..
Quinines i has I increased 650 per
centJ in . price. What if a -patient,
after a heavy Use of quinine should
die' and be haijled td the cemetery
in a hearse at I other hundreds per
cent increase .nd be ' buried in a.
caslqet on whicjh the price limit is
,the
for;
bsky? What
his heirs?
would there be left
FOR RECREATION
O
REGONS m
aster fish warden says :
That i between
50,000 and 00,000
Oregonianslare
censes. -. ( e
holders oft anglers' li-
That
2.000,000
artificially propagated
trout
of finger!
ng size will do more
to
replenish th
streams lof the state
than!
20.000,000
trout !fry released
before
they are
able to protect them-
selv
es. i ;
Tn
at the; Oregon season opens on
April
1 when trput in Cascade moun
streams ae just "beginning to
tain
spavk-n
and closes on November 1,
just
after 1 sea j trout in the coast
stre
ams have spawned.
That
to allow fishing when trout
are
spawning Is the real reason for
the
waning of the angling.
Tliat
the i fishing season should not
open
before May 1 and should dose
dh
October 1. I -
Th
e statements of the master fish
warden
reveal the fact that a start-
ling
number of Oregon citizens place
a
high valuation - on the recrational
opportunities which the state ; affords.
It is of importance not to permit a
depreciation in
jthe worth of jthis re-
source
If to modify the fishing sea-
son
all
fwill result in replenishing streams
bf the (60,000 holders of anglers'
licenses
will approve the change.
Forty years ago the bricklayers of
Kansas
City were getting 30 cents
an
hour for a 10 hour. day. At. that
time
they. began an agitation for
$3.50 per day,
Little thought had
they then; of
bricklaying at SI an
!
hour
RAILS AND PROFITS
"VYITH but a single track the South
VV. ern Pacific threads the Pacific
coait. With but a single track the
O-W. R. & N. links Oregon with the
East. ' With but a single track the
freighi and the passenger movement
of a .great area may be! moved.'
Yfet the heads; of five Western rail
roads, conferring in Portland, debated
the expediency i of lifting one! of the
tracks in the Deschutes i canyon and
cpneeptrating their train movement
on the other.
Btoth the Deschutes lines penetrate
to the great Central Oregon country.
Neither pays returns on i the invest
ment. Both end I just as'they have
reached the borders of the Interior. !
i Why not take fip one track ; and
with it extend the other., so that Cen
tral Oregon may be really served with
railroad transportation and that the
linemay p'ayt. -."I'M
Why not drop the feud that built
two tracks where but one was neces
sary and aceomplishgreat railroad ex
tension for the development 4 of " Or-r
egon? ; '
. ' ' r
. The ' high, cost and scarcity of
buildingr "material, has struck the
English sparrow. He must, find a
substitute for horse hair for use in
nest building,, and horse ' hair, in
these days of the automobile, is
scarcer than it used to.be, at least In
places like Portland.. . . ;
, A CLEAN-UP COMPACT
IT IS quite as unjust as it is custom
ary to blame the police bureau
for failure to enforce the clearing of
rubbish and weds from vacant lots.
vTrue, there lsan ordinance which
forbids the maintenance of the lots
in littered condition. But, many of
the owners are absentees. They can
scarcely be, brought back to the city
from other states or countries to stand
trial for an offense more heinous
morally than legally. '
The repeatedly offered 1 proposal to
send out gangs of vacant lot renovat
ors under municipal authority and
charge the cost to the nwners is also
something from which the city shies.
Some years ago such a plan was
adopted. An expense of some f 15,000
was incurred. Then judicial authority
decided that the lot owners need not
pay. The city ; paid. ; . ,
Residents on property adjoining va
cant lots might enter fnto the follow
ing compact with the city : If the
police bureau will prosecute resident
owners of tangled lots, they, in turn,
will write to non-resident I owners
calling attention ; to the defacement
of the landscape which ! neglect has
pernfltted and offering, if 'the pride
or decency of the owner Is inadequate,
to clean up the lots themselves.
Vancouver Washington, has set
aside June 15 as the day for testing
that community's determination to
become a port and a city. On June
15 the voters, of Vancouver will pas
upon' a public dock; bond issue of
$130,000. . J '
BOOMERANG ARGUMENT
THERE Is a disposition on the part
of American railway, executives
to discourage plans foipublic owner
ship of railroads by pointing to the
government administration of rail
roads during the j war..' f "" "!'
Organized propaganda of the railway
heads also calls attention to the. fact
that the Initial deficit in the operation
of railroads by the government of
Canada is equal to one-seventh of the
Dominion's revenues. J ' :
These .arguments will prove to be
boomerangs in the struggle to main
tain private ownership of the nation's
carriers. They are fallacious, and un
just. . '.. -'
Financial success of government ad
ministration was not the end airhed
at. Success in moving troops, muni
tions and materials of war, while at
the same time serving' normal pas
senger and freight movement as well
as possible, was the purpose. The
troops, munitions and materials were
moved in a way that broke world
records. ;; ' : ! .
Another measure of efficiency was
the speed and ; completeness ' with
which the various rafl systems of the
country could be-consolidated into one
coherent and smoothly articulated
system in order to nleet the emergency
of war. This was accomplished to the
everlasting credit of America and of
the patriotically inspired government
off Icials and railroad heads who gave
themselves to the task. . '
It was of incidental moment, when
the war was being waged, whether
the railroads paid expenses or not. To
win the war was the objective; no
matter what the cost. It was no nor
mal experiment conducted during a
normal time to demonstrate whether
or not the government's ; operation of
the railroads should be indefinitely
extended.
Railroad heads would go much far
ther toward winning public support
and approval by graphically pointing
out that the railroads, having helped
mightily to win the war, are- back in
their hands again, but with a short
age, of 226,600 freight cars, 6993 pas
senger cars and 3190 locomotives and
with a thrilling need, for financial
aid aggregating a billion dollars a year
for, say, 10 years. It is not a reproach
against the government but a fact of
the war that ; little time and money
were taken-from the job of the hour
to build cars for future needs, or
even to repair tracks that were safely
carrying traffic. 1 T., j . ; : '
Justice, too, should dictate attention
to the fact that the Canadian govern
ment's experiment in railroad owner
ship involves some 25,000 miles of
lines that are also, the war being over.
In sad need of new equipment, main
tenance, repair and finance."; j
Nearly everybody sympathizes with
the railroads in the position In which
they find themselves after their heroic
and patriotic ; service. - Shortsighted
executives should not by distortion for.
half truth destroy a sympathy which
is susceptible of being capitalized' into
definite and adequate support or the
'nation's rail carriers. - ;'
Ten - thousand five hundred dol
lars for a four-year-old, Oregon-bred
Jersey bull is added- fame, for Ore
gon pedigreed livestock. Nor is there
any reason why Oregonj should not
be at the front in such achievement.
We hay; climate to fit, : feeds to
match, and growers with purpose
and intelligence. Our : stock farms
can and should be among the state's
beat boasts. . " , : :
CANDIDATES AND
PLATFORMS IN
OREGON -
Additional List of Aspirants for Seats
in Upper or Lower House of the
i ,- Legislature. I . vs
Christian Schuebel of Oregon City, Re
publican: candidate for state senator from
Clackamas county, was born at Ash-
T land. Pa, in 1868. He
1 had little opportunity
, for groln to school
but' gained his edu
k cation by wide l-ead-s
ing. He studied Jaw
at nights and was
admitted to the bar
. in - Oregon in 1897.
He has practiced law
in Oregon City for 22
; years. . . . . .. - ,
He served as a
house member In
1913. 1915 and 1919
and supixrted the assessment of water-
power.; which adds approximately S 1,500,
000 to the valuation of Clackamas coun
ty ; a law regulating the hours of labor
in mills (and factories; the general fund
bill; a law repealing over 11.000,000 of
continuous appropriations, which was
responsible 'for .the butfget plan; a law
providing for a. state board of . concilia
tion to settle labor troubles ; the foreign
corporation license fee law, which has
added $85,000. annually to the general
fund ; an inheritance tax'Taw, which will
add approximately $435,000 annually to
the general fund. i
In his; platform Mr. .Schuebel says :
"If elected senator he proposes a tax
law that assesses corporations at the
same j-ate as farmers and other small
taxpayers. He has learned from the rec
ords of the public service commission,
the state tax commission ' and from the
sworn statements of the officers of some
of the corporations that the total valu
ation ofj five of the largest corporations
in Clackamas county is $27,837,252. The
assessed valuation is only $5,146,999.18.
Whereas, if they were assessed at 57
per cent of their actual value, as farm
ers and j other small property owners are
assessed, these same corporations would
be assessed at $15,867,386.46, which
would add $10,720,394.78 tf the assessed
valuation of Clackamas county. He pro
poses an alien ownership of land ; bill
providing that aliens must become citi
zens er they cannot own land in Ore
gon ; a bill equalizing the fees of do
mestic corporations, which will add ap
proximately $100,000 annually to -the
general (fund ; also, a bill providing that
the state highway commission Bhall pur
chase all the material and contract the
labor inj building all roads. His slogan
is : A Square Deal For AIL"
" ' j , ' ' e ' ' ..
William M. Stone of Oregon City, Re
publican, candidate for representative,
Clackamas county, was born at Red land.
in Clackamas coun
ty, June 25, 1886.
He attended com
mon ! school ; and
Williamette univer
s i t y ; graduating
from; the college of
law of that univer
sity In May,', 1910.
He was admit
mitted ,to practice
in June. 1910, and
has j practiced : ' in
Oregon City since.
He was appointed
city . attorney of Oregon; City in 1913
and wa$ nominated for district attorney
for . Clackamas county in 1916 on j the
Republican' ticket.
In hi$ platform Mr. -Stone says:; "1
am opposed to useless legislation and
extravagance in appropriations. I be
lieve in a purer Americanism and am
opposed to the payment of royalty - for
the use of so-called patent pavements."
' P. O. Powell of Monmouth. Republican
candidate for representative from Polk
county, was born at Albany, Or., August
3,. 1863. He attend
ed school at Mon- i
mouth and aft- i
e r w a r d s entered
Transylvania uni-j
versity, in Kentucky,
and Yale. He was
president ' and pro I
fessor of languages
of Central Christian
college, Albany,
Mo. ; i also professor
in Drake university.
1 Des I Moines, and
W later served as in
structor in the Oregon State normal for
seven years. For the past 10 years he
has been running a dairy an orchard,,
farm. . ;He was manager of the Mon
mouth Cooperative creamery for three
years. I He served as mayor of Mon
mouth two terms. j
Mr. Powell in his platform says: "I
will boost for a greater Oregon, and
for all (legislation for the promotion of
her agricultural, industrial and AdiirA-
uonai
interests." His siosran is? T
will do
my bit, not champ it."
;;!
Brown Of Dallas. RenubUonn
L. D
candidate for representative. Polk coun
ty, was norn at uallas March 31. 1882.
I 5 He attended Dallas
t public schools, ; a
, Portland . busi n e s s
college, read law inJ
v 1 the office of J. N.
L Hart i of Dalian and
f j Butcher, Clifford : tc
while working : as
court reporter. He
was j admitted to
practice law .Novem
ber 5, 1905, and
opened an office for
the practice of law
at Dallas in July, 1906, and has prac
ticed there since then. He is now
senior member of the firm of Brown &
Helgerson. He served as police Judge
of Dallas, 1907-1908, and now owns and
operates a 200 acre farm. near Dallas,
upon which he resides. !
Mr. Brown has neither slogan nor
platform, , -
, - '- ' e e j - -,',
George T. Gerlinger of Dallas, Repub
lican candidate for representative from
Polk and Lincoln counties, was born in
Chicago in 1876. He
attended the Chicago
public schools and
University School of
Chicago, and is en-
s., $:f Egea is ' iumoer
, I nuxacxurmg ana
- I 'B"'K ana raiiroao
4 1 building. He came
i-tf uragon tn 1894
nil . . M 1 t : .
' s;' f w wu in uis
I present business' in
V 1 1897. H mnvMl t
I V t 1 Polk county in 1902.
Li ii . ill in i iri Mr. Gerlinger has
no. slogan nor platform, but says be
stands ifor "conservative business legis
lation and progressive social legislation."
. E. VJ Carter of Ashland. Republican
candidate for representative, Jackson
county,! was born at Elkader, Iowa, Oc-
i - - i
i w , ;
On Vj. i
' '
1 i 9
1 I. y..
tober 13, 1860. He attended high school
and two years at the agricultural col
lege' at Ames. Iowa. He organized the
Bank of Ashland in 1884 and served as
cashier, vice-president and president for
30 years. 1 The bank was consolidated
with the First National bank in 1914,
since' which time he has served as presi
dent. He was a member of the lower
house and served as speaker In the
special session of 189S and the regular
session of 1899. He waa eleoted to the
senate in 1902. ; -
Mr. Carter's platform is r& TSafe and
sane legislation and my best efforts to
serve my state and county."
W. P. Lafferty of Corvallis. : Repub
lican candidate for state representative,
Benton county, was Jborn at Moorefleld,
Ohio. He received a
common school and
business college ed
ucation. He was erhJ
ployed for 10 years
as foreman ; in the
office of the Tren
ton ,; (Mo.) . Repub-
3i? lican, ; and for two
years as; editor
w; and business man
M ager of the Corval-
f lis Gazette. He has
served as county
treasurer of Grundy
county, Missouri.. Three times , he has
been elected representative of ; Benton
county. He was" engaged for 20 years
as a merchant, but is now retired.
Mr. Laf ferty's platform Is : "Always
on the job and ready for business. Per
form the duties of the office to the best
of my ability." -- ; ---' ' - j " -:
Letters From the People
f CommTinicxtione aent to The Jonrotl for
pubri cation in this ddtutmeot sboold be written
on only one tide of the paper, ahonld not exceed
800 word ia length and most be signed by tna
writer. ' whose nail address ia fall Boat aocoaa
panr the contribution, j .-v
NONE BUT BALLOT REVOLUTIONS
Portland, May 7. To the Editor of
The Journal A man told me recently
that he couldn't tell b my writings
whether I. was a Democrat or a Socialist.
I have been a lifelong Democrat, but I
have made the statement several times'
that the fundamental principles of' so
cialism would eventually triumph,' but
there -must fee more conservative brains
to lead socialism before it can win. The
American people will not bow to: Bolshe
vism and anarchy., - When we cast our
eye not far away we can see a little
glimmer, of - righteousness, .and' it' will
soon cast its rays over mankind. Then
the brotherhood of man will; triumph and
the: great ' principles -'of" socialism will
reign. I believe the righteous' - part of
socialism will be injected -into the Demo
cratic platform and will be adopted. Then
we' shall, live under a great social de
mocracy and will look back on the sys
tem we .live under today as insane. A
great political revolution is at hand In
America.' The producing masses twill
break the bondage of -industrial slavery
and the oppressed will be placed on an
equality with their oppressors and the
system that makes multi-millionaires
from the proceeds of honest toil will be
no more. , . --,
Those who stand for the ' overthrow
of our government by force make a great
mistake. It is the system of economic
robbery that needs to be overthrown," and
it is the cause of social unrest. Under
our constitution this government must
protect its citizens,' rich or poor. We
created our constitution and government.
If It doesn't suit us we should peace-
ably create one that does. If we are
simple enough to send millionaires to
congress to make laws for the poor, that
is our fault Our government Is just
what we make it . The poorest man in
America is just as responsible for the
government as John D. Rockefeller is.
E. A. Linscott
WOULD RESTORE DEATH PENALTY
Oregon City, May 3. To the Editor of
The Journal I . think God's ' way of
handling criminals is the best for the
purification of society. God commanded
that "whosoever sheddeth man's blood,
by man shall his blood be shed." Now,
it is very evident that God issued this
command for the purification of society,
and' not alone for the punishment of the
criminal. I think any persons with proper
reasoning faculties should be able to see
the retrograde condition of society in
Oregon in the last few years. Daylight
robberies of banks by unmasked as well
as masked men are getting to be the
commdn custom. They go into a bank
right in the middle of the day and com
mand hands up. and everyone that does
not obey orders is shot down. : What
difference does it make? They want the
money and the people do ,nbt object to
it much. And if they are caught it
doesn't make much difference ; they then
have someone to provide for them, and
they are lots better off than they were
before they robbed . the bank and did
murder, i Under present conditions there
is no one. safe Anybody that does not
obey orders is shot down. Why not?
There is no .danger in doing it. If the
sheriff catches them he will take; the
best of care of them, and they may be
able to get away in a little while, and
then they can take up their old trade
again. George Hicinbotham.
. ON PROFITEERING
' Portland, May 7. To the Editor of
The Journal I have been reading the
advertisement of a large Portland firm
and I note -that certain lines of. clothing
ii ve been reduced some suits as much
as $4 to $5 or even more. How comes
it that- such reductions can be made,
when the cry has been, and: is, that
wages and a scarcity of wool are the
causes of high prices? Then why the re
duction? It is fallacy to say that they
are being sold at a loss, or at cost. But
it distinctly shows what enormous profits
are being paid by consumers. What
good have all the committees on high cost
done yet in reducing? It causes a big
furore? the "papers full of what is going
to be done but where does the doing of
it come In? ,
'And . the dear public bites at the bait
these ads spread. .For instance, coffee,
10 cents in Brazil. 50 cents to $1 here.
And sugar well, we know one ; reason
lack of good administration on the most
important article and ' we pretend to
have Cuba under our protection. Some
Statesmanship, that : : Osborne Yates.
ANTI-FOREIGN LANGUAGE LAW
Portland, May ' 7. To' the. Editor of
The Journal Those who attended the
recital in the Heillg theatre ; Wednesday
evening were delighted to hear Mr. Par
ish, Williams sing Norwegian add Swed
ish songs. Especially charming was the
Swedish folksong "Som Stjernan uppaa
Himmlen" and the Norwegian "Jonsoks
nat," by Edward Greig. Mr. Williams
sang these songs - in the original and
gave them a .delightful interpretation.
It was surprising to hear how well he
pronounced the Norwegian. ; I nave
known Norwegians who have had to
work, long and faithfully' to pronounce
English that way. Is it not a pity that
Oregon is about to place a law on her
statute books that will practically crush
out and silence forever ' such - songs
among us? We are told to translate
them. . Did you ever try tq translate a
scng? "Dixie" is a fine song. We
all love it But how would you expect
to get by with it in a French ; trans
lation? M. A. Christensen,
Norwegian Lutheran Pastor.
NO- WONDER SHE REMEMBERED
From the Boston Transertpt
"It's four years since he left me." said
the deserted wife. "1 remember it just as
well as yesterdayhow he stood at the
door, ; holding it open until six flies got
into the house."
X-Jl
COMMENT AND,
SMALL CHANGE
'A loafer is a man who loafs and has
no bank account
. e . . ; . t
It Is easier to start a rumor; than it
is to head it off. . . ' !
':'.- ' V: - - I
Wealth, and happiness are not always
on the best of terms. 4
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Some men are born great and become
little of their own accord. v - - i
.,-. ' '
It s useless to waste sympathy -on a
man who has the toothache. : . i
? - -1 .ere. e . s , j
"A girl is never satisfied until she
draws her beau into a knot. : -
e f
When a man is oown in the world "he
gets more kicks than boosts. i i
j e e . - . . !
If a man is just as good as 'another
he doesn't have to insist that he is.
.....e-.ee.
Why do similar opportunities make
a hero of one - man and a fool, of an
other? e . e ! e -
"Uncle Joe" Cannon- is making his
twenty-fifth race for congress, i Some
fine old shootin'-iron. : t -.-i
. - i -:
A. C. Barber, state Insurance commis
sioner, was mistaken for a porter at
tne state capitoi. tor a barber porter,
doubtless. i
MORE OR LESS. PERSONAL
, Random Observations About Town
C H. Handle doesn't have to be fore
man at the Oak Grove ranger station,
but he seems to like the job and, there
fore, sticks to It He might be personally
conducting one or more of, his ! farms,
did not the tall trees and the great open
spaces of the forest appeal more power
fully. C. H- and Mrs. Kandle are guests
at the Hotel Cornelius. .From the Kan
die home a son went into the i United
States navy during the war. Oak Grove
ranger station is between Roaring river
and Timothy Meadows in the Oregon
national 'forest reserve.
" ' I :
P. G, and Cyrus Gates, residents of
BeUingham, Wash, have been haying a
high old time in connection with the
Oregon Jersey Jubilee, which they came
from their home to attend. Cyrus, and
probably P. G., was mixed up in It, too
or.ee owned about the whole of South
Bellingham and among their many Other
interests is that of breeding high grade
Jerseys. ; The visitors are stopping at
the Imperial.- At i the Jersey Jubilee
meeting at Monmouth 95 automobiles,
w ere parked about the meeting place,
according to the report of Cyrus, attest
ing the general interest in the Jubilee. .
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Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Myers of Sclo, .Or.,
are guests at the Multnomah hotel while
in Portland on a pleasure jaunt Mr.
Myers is in the .insurance business in the
Linn county town. i i
e e e
Jerry Hartsorn. formerly a Bend news
paper man and now In similar occupa
tion at Condon, is a guest at the. Cor
nelius hotel while looking over the city.
e e . . !
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Clark of Canby,
county fair town of Clackamas county,
are at - the Imperial. Canby is (making
preparations already for a" great and
glorious celebration on the fair grounds
this fall, when the entire . county prom
ises to pitch in and make the! annual
ocunly show the best ever. Clackamas
county, specializes at its county fairs
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
j ' OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred Lockley J
' "Pina" is Mr. lockley' text for the day.
He preenta statistics and historical data of great
interest to all who use pina and that's every
body.! ' ' ' - - j -
Do you remember - the old nursery
rhyme of our childhood. "Needles and
pina needles and pins, when a man mar
ries his trouble begins"? In the j British
museum at London I' saw bronze pins
found in the ruins of Pompeii. The Ro-j
mans gained -their knowledge of hair
pins as well as of safety pins from the
Greeks, who modified the designs used
by the Egyptians. Statistics recently
gathered from government reports show
that your wife and mine and the other
women folks of America bought 720,000,
000 safety pins last year, which Should
certainly give the honors to America for
the safety first movement Each year
American women buy an average of a
billion and a quarter, metal hairpins.
They . buy 235,000,000 needles each
twelvemonth, and as for pins, we use
over 14 .pillion a year. i .
.J e e e . .
A writer in Henry Ford's paper, the
Dearborn Independent, recently dug up
some interesting data about where we
get our pins, what we do with; them,
and what becomes of them. He says:
"Back in 1850 thore were only four pin
factories in the United Statea Tbey had
a combined capital of $164,000. ; Today
there are 49 factories engaged in the
making of these articles, the total capi
talization being $9,424,000. The value of
t;iis pin and needle crop is $13,000,000 at
the factories. i
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"Thorns and fishbones were used as a
means of fastening clothing long before
the discovery, of pins and needles and
thread. Among the remains of the lake
dwellers of Central Europe have been
found a 'great number of pins some of
bone, others of bronze. Some of them
are quite fancy, having ornamental
heads, while others are very crude. Some
have double stems, and a few have been
found that were made exactly like the
safety pins of today. 'Amgng Egyptian
and Greek ruins have been found many
specimens of artistically made j pina.
Ancient Roman bronze pins and ; bone
hairpins, with fancy heads, have been
found at Pompeii. ,
e . e e
i "Pins for the use of the toilet
first made in England during the fif
teenth century. They were made of iron
wire. Brass wire pins were introduced
from France in 1540 by Catharine JHow
ard, queen of Henry VIIL The founda
tion for the manufacture of the present
day pin commenced with the invention
of the process of drawing wire. For
many years all pin manufacturing was
confined to France and Germany, where
this process was invented. Brass , wire
Curious -Bits of -Information
For the Curious
, Gleaned From Curious Places
Armenia, now regarded as a country
full of starviss., oppressed people, waa
once a great state one of the few an
cient peoples never Hellenized. Emerging
from tradition,, distinct Armenian peo
ple appeared 100 B. C. dwelling on the
tablelands near Mount Ararat Having
no boundaries, the state Was seldom in
dependent, but was subjugated in turn by
Babylonia, the Modes and Persians, the
Seleucidae and the Romans. However,
conquest meant little more tnan tribute
in those day.
Olden Oregon
What Early Portland Owed to a Cer
tain Celebrated Highway.
The supreme importance of highways
is Illustrated in a consideration of Por.
lanl and the Canyon road. The .city,
theri but seven years old, got a great
lead, In 1850, over all actual and possible
NEWS IN -BRIEF
SIDELIGHTS
City council of The Dalles has raised
the speed limit within the city from 15
miles an hour to 20 miles, effective
June 1. : ! -
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"Hood River alonl" remarks the Pen
dleton East Oregofiian, "is seeking 14
. . . t , 11 ITnl.M til.
new incnen ior . i.nis umi.
elementary school tax is upheld by the
jcviita yni maj ,iv - - - -
14.000 new teachers, more or less, and
won't get them." jj - -
e . i e '
Two six horse ?5eam'.wagon loads of
parcel post 'came into xjonsr v- t
spondent at that Slace under date May
5. "and more expected Saturday. Every
one is glad to see it arrive, as the town
is almost out of ftour, which is selling
tor a oarrei. ,
'- A . .lir:. lAip tont It: In to
please everybodyi rthis time from The
uanes unrontcie ; i- niuw
which takes the $?a.ce . of the old bell
wall eu oui hb curiw nunis .-'- " '
irate mothers rushed to bedrooms where
tiny tots awakened .clamored lustily. If
.W ,n o.nnan flH) hV thiS Wl IV
i 1 1 1 mnA frrwl- hilt I TT1
rmintr tn alinS fnr mV KHldleS be
ing awakened ui at 9 o'clock every
night by the' noisw old thing, said one
prominent lady ttaa morning.
r ; r
ih the products of school gardens and
school clubs, and by that means, at
tracts great interest in its fair.
e e
; D. S. R. Walker, dealer In timber
lands at Eugene and a frequent business
visitor in Portland,' is stopping at. the
New Perkins hotels
Newport still provides agates for the
interested seeker, free " of cost The
beach is the stamping .grounds of, the
hunters by the thousands each year and
the aeate supply seems inexhaustible
From that coast resort town comes. G.
B. Hall.
t e , e '
' Mr. and Mra A. M. Smith and son,
Otis, of Presaue. Maine, are at the Port
landHvith P. L. Tompkins of Hood Rraer,
whom they came west to visit. -.
-
E. B. Aldrich,' vice president , of the
East Oreeonlan Publishing company
and interested, tod, in the publication of
the Astoria Budget, spent the week-end
transacting business in Portland. - He
was stopping at the Multnomah hotel.
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C F. Bostwlck, one of Baker's leading
business men, spent the week-end at the
Multnomah hotel. ; .
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Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wood, residents of
Arlington, Or., were entertained at the
Seward hotel over, the week-end.
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Hay Creek, a jumping off place in Jef
ferson county, 1s the home of C C
Berkeley,, a guest' at the Imperial hotel
over the week-end. ' .
: e
C. I. Frese, . Bandon. Or., lumberman,
is a guest at the Multnomah hotel dur
ing a brief business visit in the city.
. e .
i A group of people in Washington state
were overwhelmed - by ' patriotic fervor
during a Liberty-Joan campaign and. the
result is a dot on the .Washington map
labeled "Liberty Bond, Wash." From
that place comes George Lewis as a
guest to the Hotel Perkins.
pins were first 'made In -England In
1826. " In the early days of pin making
It was a ' most tedious process. They
were made by filing a proper length of
wire to a point and then twisting a fine
piece of wire to the other end, thus
forming a head, i This required 14 dif
ferent operations Jby as many workmen,
all of which was 'done by hand, as ma
chinery had not been Invented.
'" .
"In 1775 the American congress, real
izing the absolute necessity for pins in
the development-of the civilization of the
country, offered a bonusf 50 pounds for
the first dozen domestic pins equal to
those imported from England. Jn 1797
Timothy Harris of England , devised the
first solid-headed pin. American in
ventive genius, as usual, continued on
the job until the best Idea was hit upon.
Lemuel Wellmanj Wright, of , this coun
try, invented a machine in 1824 which
gave the industry, much headway. His
machine made solid heads to' the pins by
a process similar to. the making of nails,
by driving a portion of the pin itself into
a countersunk bole. This was done au
tomatically. Seven years later, in 1831,
John'Ireland Howe, a doctor, of Bellevue
hospital. New York. Invented a machine
for making perfect'- solid-headed pins.
A company was organized and a -factory
started at Derby, Conn. -.The modern
automotic pin machine completes the
Tin in all details except the coloring and.
polishing. .
j "Samuel - Slocum . of Connecticut in
vented the firsts pin-sticking machine.
Dr. Howe utilized it In his factory in
1841. This machine is almost human In
its workings. . One workman feeds' it
with pins and another feeds it with pa
pers. The packages come out at the
other end of the machine exactly as Uri
ladies buy them at the dry goods stores.
.ef .-- . '-."."-
I "The Chinese were the first people In
the world to vac. steel needles. The
Chinese Jieedles slowly made their way
westward until they; were brought into
Europe by the. Moors.
1 "The earliest needles known to history
did not have eyes, but were like awls,
and were used for making holes in the
skins, through which- long roots of
plants, or leather thongs, were passed
and then tied. Later a hole was borefd
through one end -of the stone or bronze
needle, through which the root or leather
was passed, ana 'thus dragged through
the hides as punched. Such needles are
found in the remains of the stone age.
Bone needles with eyes are found in the
reindeer caves of France and the lake
dwellings -of Central turope.
i "It was not until after 1885 that
needles were made and finished entirely
by machinery.' :y ': v.Vv
rivals, by reason of Its accessibility to
the rich and. comparatively speaking,
populous region . called . the Tualatin
plains. This is not to say that it was
an ideal' thoroughfare ; it was quite suf
ficient that it was an easier route thn
any that led the settlers elsewhere. This
road was' opened In 1849. - There had
been an earlier road over the heights
west of the cityi but it had been very
difficult leadiafV "overyf instead ' of
through" the Irtha, ':
Uncle Jeff Show Says:
i Olneral O. 4V Pdtts, down to Monta
villa. is a friend of the boss, and don't
keer who knows It He dopes it out to
all comers that the auto'U be . on the
scrap heap In a few years more. No
buddy but what likes a hoss better' n a
auto, nohow, 'lows the, Gineral, . only
they think it's stylish to git Into a loud
Smellln deyil wagon, as the Chinese
calls "em. .When' the' Gineral takes any
folks out to look at . his real estate he
gives m a real.old-fastrioned buggy ride
and they're alius better satisfied 'n if he
tuck 'em around in the. latest tin Lizzie,
the Gineral Iowa
Olden Oregon
Northwest Happeninaa In Brief Form for the
Busy Header.
OREGOf
Lane county automobile dealers have
organized.
New machinery fc Kpino-inatatle1 at
the Albany plant of the Puyallup and
Sumner Fruit Growers' association.
v Farm labor situation in Baker county
is reporien b per cent of normal. Num
bers of able-bodied men are declared to
be loafing around pool hails.
Operation of the safety standards now
in operation in California win be studied
by William A. Marshall, member of the
state industrial .commission, and C. H.
Gram, etate labor commissioner.
H. L Cash, for four vn fr.fr- Art In'
educational work In the Philippine Ll-
awua. ns reiurnea to KJugene and is
visiting his', brother. A. Burleigh Cash,
" ",lurr Ot tne rracuity ol the Eugene
high school, .
Dr. Warren Smith, head of the rlenart-
ment of ceoloirv t . th t
Oregon, will attend the Pan-Pacific
scientific congress to be held in Hono-
J",u. August 2 trt 20, as a delegate from
uiiiverBiiy or ijregon.
Miss Tirza lXnsdale, formerly general
secretary of the Y. w. C A. at the Uni
versity of Orpon. has cabled friends
at fcugene that she will return from
Italy to resume her Oregon work at the
beginning of the next fall term of
scheot
WASHINGTON
Grays Harbor has had a big clam
season.
Mayor Caldwell of Seattle is opposed
to permVHing etreetcar company to raise
fares. .
The Standard Oil Company of Cali
fornia has added a new rotary drill to
the equipment at its Moclips mill.
The Centralia residence i f J. D. Won
derly was damaged by l, . the blase
catching from an overheated-stove.
American Legion "veterans at Cen
tralia are on record in favor of the
establishment of a new hospital there.
Yakima expects six carloads of sugar
this week. This shipment, it in Raid,
will care for the needs of the Yakima
district for the next 10 weeks,
i The Crown Paving & Construction
company, a Canadian concern, Saturday
was awarded the contract to construct
the paved road from Walla Walia to
the state line for $272,071.30.
! Centralia school district will receive
$30,711.31 ax its. apportionment of the
state and county school funds just re
ceived by Lewis county. The Ohehalis
district will receive $17,619.36. The re
mainder of the $151,600.67 received by
the county is apportioned to the remain
tag 76 districts.
: IDAHO
.In' keeping with the spirit of the
times, the girls of Lewiston high school
have joined the fight againt the high
cost of living in a most practical way.
' A petition is being circulated ankln;
the. Pchool board at Challis to call an
election to vote on bonding the district
for $50,000 to build a new school house.
Jerome lodge No. 129. I. O: O.
Boise, filed articles of incorporation
with lhe secretary of stale as btnij
a non-profit organization. T. E. Sar
gent, R. J. Coats and John 1. Nims
were named as trustees.
WORK. AMERICA. WORK
From the Denver Tsojes
Work America, work !
j Work, or you ' will lose , you proud
place among the nations.
Work, or you will sacrifice the fruits
of victory.
Work, or you will fall prey to th
enemy within the gates.
: "Work, or your free Institutions will
suffer pollution. ,1 -
Work, or you will be physically bank
rupt, to enforce- your much ; vaunted
moral rights. . . . '
Work, or the very genius bf your
people will go into eclipse.
.Work, or the radical and the traitor
and the sloth will be enthroned in th
seats of the mighty.
Work, or your "Almighty DollaT" will
purchase nothing but misery and want
Work, or the Prussian foe will lead
you in economic chains of slavery. .
Work, or the conflict of cast and .
capital will consume you in a cataclys
mic conflagration.
Work, or your army and navy will
guard but ah empty shell.
Work, or, your liberty will bemme
a mocker and license will rule the land.
Work, or you will betray your fore
fathers and your children's children.
; Work, or your heroic dead will" havo
fallen, fn vain.
"Work or you will have lost your
civilization. . .
i Work, or you will -have lost your
bone of salvation.
i Work, or you have sung your a waa
song fn the history' of the world. -.
Work America, work ! -:
Work, work, work ! '
How Journal Contributors
May Facilitate Service
in "Letters" Column
In The Journal forum that depart
ment on the editorial page captioned.
!Tietters From the. People" all com
ers are heard impartially. The Jour
nal takes pleasure in the public's ap
preciation of the' provision thus made
for free discussion of affairs. It has
ample Evidence of the esteem in
which this department Is held.
It will not be amiss to make here
some suggestions for facilitating the
service of this department In the
first place, contributors are absolved
from observing the ordinary forms
and styles of date line, addre. salu
tation and signature that are cus
tomarily and properly used Jn social
and business correspondence, and are
invited even ' urged to open their
communications in exactly the -form
in- which they, will ultimately appear
in print . Suppose Henry Jonenley of
Woodburn wants to indorse an edi
torial he has read in The Journal.
He will probably write In this form ;
' "Woodburn. Or.. May 7, 1920.
"To the Editor, Portland Journal.
. "Dear sir I have read the editorial
In The Journal of May 6, entitled The
California Result,' and fully indorse
the position -you take." etc.
Now It will anwtr every purpose
if Mr. Joncslcy will, inxtead, orwn in
this form just this form exactly, no
more, no less, and no different:
"Woodburn, ; May 7. To the KdHr
of The Journal 1 have read the edi
torial in The Journal of May 6 er
tlUed." etc i
; Also, Mr. Jonesley rhould by all
means leave the editor a good inch of
clear space above that first line. foV
wriUng the headline and the direc
tions to the printer, which are neces
sary on every piece of newspaper
copy' that .goes "up the tube." He
should also refrain from wrltinsr with
an indelible pencil,: which always
makes dim copy. If he ues a type
writer he should be sure to set tt to
"double space." If business colleges
and other schools that teach the use
of the typewriter do not Instruct all
pupils that all matter for press ue
should be double spaced, they ought
to. Poor spelling, mispunctuation and
faulty syntax' are bad enough, but
the editor doesn't so much mind them
If Only be has room between the lines
to write in the corrections.
Finally. Mr. Jonesley need not, in
cloning, write "Yours truly." or any
such polite; phrase. After the last
word of his comniuVilratlon he needs
only his signature nothing else. The
editor will not consider him discourteous.