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THE SIMS EXPOSURE
T'lIE most Illuminating thing in the
troversy in Which Admiral Sims has
been the critic of the American navy,
is the testimony of Secretary Daniels
In which the: cablegrams of President
Wilson to Admiral Sims are made
public ' -
All the structure that Sims has tried
for months to build tip collapses
under the jingle cablegram which
President Wilson sent him early in
the warf It reveals the president's in
sight into naval strategy and his dis
satisfaction with ithe Inaction of the
British fleet. It discloses that; the
commander in c,hJet. of the American
military and naval forces was pressing
all branches of the service for results.
Congressman Carlin summed up the
Sims situation when he declared the
admiral should be . on the payroll of
the British government rather than
on that of America.
Sims heart was not in America; it
was In England. lie could not grasp
naval affairs from the viewpoint of
. America. He thought Americans knew
noiiiing auuui navies, ne ann oe
lieve we knew how to fight sub
marines, how to convoy ships, or to
lay mine barrages. He thought we
should follow the direction of British
naval officers entirely, even though
they were wholly unable to cope With
the submarine and were admittedly
in sore straits until after the Ameri-
, can navy took a hand in the task of
removing the menace.
Even after President Wilson had
pointed out that the British were not
getting results, that the maximum
fruits were not forthcoming ' from,
British naval superiority, that the
: grand fleet was not attacking the
heart of the problem, and that ships
were being sunk 'day after day due
to lack of adequate convoys, Sims did
not act He was fluent with sugges-'
tions as-to what the American navy
should do to aid the British, but un
productive 'as to suggestions as te
how better results could be obtained.
He thought, the British were getting
resi'its. British nayal officers were
infallible, he believed. '
When he answered the president he
assured him that the British were
doing things. Sims, however, opposed
any plan to bottle up submarines at
their base, i The only way to ; handle
them was the British way. He closed
the exchange of cablegrams with the
calm assurance that we would always
be protected by the British navy what
ever might be the eventuality. He
had been so assured, he said, by im
portant government officials.
And Sims didn't think we needed a
navy. To Congressman Carlin he said:
rampurta to me -tjriusn navy our
achievement had. amounted to little, that
England had protected us upon the seas
and we could always rely upon her to
do so and that in view of this friendship
, there was no necessity for us to desire
a navy wnich would in any way equal
that of Great Britain. r i
He thought we could not exercise
.r ". .
iiavai leaaersnip. He inougnt we
should trail in the wake of the British
grand fleet, Or. perhaps, he believed
our navy should have been annexed.
READY TO TOPPLE
fABX, H. VON WEIGAND, foreign
correspondent, according toa dis
patch Monday, met Colonel Baaeprjn
the street of an unnamed-village, of
Germany. . -' ;.'---.. '
vThe colonel, who is General Lndep-c
dorffs chief lieutenant in the:game
of politics and counter revoluti6hs, is
presumably in hiding from theBeriin
government, as a warrant has been
issued for him in connection with toe
Kapp fiasco.. H, therefore, "lays low
in a village. i
But when von Welgand can spot the
colonel so quickly on a stroll, it raises
doubts as to whether Berlin is, really
anxious to lay hands on the so-called
fugitive. A man whose face has been
placarded up and down the land would
surely be recognized at once by the
villagers. 4 I -
What is the secret of this? Is the
make-shift cabinet ready to topple of
its own weight if it moves? Can the
balance between military bureaucracy
and democracy-in-name be so slight
that Berlin fdoes not dare risk even
what little ill will would be incurred
by the arrest of Colonel Bauer ?
Many young j married couples are
moving back i with their parents, a
Chicago dispatch relates. The change
reduces expenses and , incidentally
decreases the pressure of the acute
apartment shortage. Expenses, may
be reduced and, the housing situation
relieved, but it is a safe bet that
diplomatic relations will be strained
on many an occasionunder the new
order. ; ' f I ' .. -. - v - .
' THE STANFIELD PROGRAM
HY these efforts by the Ore go n-
ian and Telegram to have Pres
ident ' Wilson's wire to Mr. Hamaker
appear as an expression of hostility
to Senator Chamberlain's candidacy ?
They are for Mr. Stanfield fop. sena
tor; They want to nominate Mr.
Istanfield fn the Republican, primaries.
Mnd they also seem to want to nomi
nate Mr. Starkweather in the Demo-
1 . a
cratic primaries.
Their affection for Mr. Hamaker is
beautiful. And for Mr. Starkweather
it is inspiring. It is like that love
which surpasseth all understanding.
Their - fondness I finds expression In
words ! ike the glad notes of mating
birds on a May morning.
So they declare that toe president's
wire to Hamaker means that Mr. Wil
son ... Is. against : Chamberlain and for
Starkweather. And Hamaker. Is de-
Jighted. And Stanfield is rapturous.
And Stanfield's Republican campaign
committee is as ecstatic as a Jutae
bride. And ! Stanfield's private and
personal Democratic campaign com
mittee, of which Mr. Hamaker is the
head, is on i the march with flying
banners.
These are marvelous times. The
Stanfield newspapers and the two
Stanfield campaign committees are the
interpreters and diviners of President
Wilson's mind. They are also the
president's fond friends and ardent
supporters: .They love him and guard
him. and hold up his .hands, at least
just before the Democratic primaries.
Mr. Tumulty, secretary to President
Wilson, says the president's wire was
not in hostility to Chamberlain's can
didacy. And Tumulty ought to know.
But the .Stanfield-fOMenator neSvspa-;
pers am ihe-Stahfield-for-sejiator cam
paign committees Republican and Ha
maker Democratic annex say Tumul
ty doesn't knoW.
And so we have the marvelous spec
tacle of the Stanfield-for-senator push
speaking for, .the .Wilson administra
tion, planning !to direct Democratic
primaries and Democratic politics in
Oregon, selecting the candidate whom
Mr. Stanfield prefers to run against,
and in general.j exercising a benevo
lent stewardship over the Democratic
party in Oregon. . 1
Piety is rare, and Christian brother
hood almost forgotten. Many of us
have become misanthropic in the be-
lief that such things would never
more be seen jm this vale of tears
and jaz7 :
But the lost is found. In the sweet
relations between, the Hamaker-Stan-field
campaign committees, the regu
lar Stanfield campaign committee and
the Stanfield newspapers, and in their
loving and thoughtful anxiety -to serve
the Wilson administration and watch
over the Democratic party in Oregon,
we have Damon and Pythias skinned
to death and David ' and Jonathan
backed off the map.
It would.all be so lovely but for. the
knowledge that in this masquerade,
the false faces will drop off the day
after the primaries.
' A consulting: economist for a rail
road brotherhood recently told the
railroad labor board that it is "im
possible for a family of. five to live
even, in decent '. poverty under , pres
ent conditions on an Income less
than $2500 a year. Under the econ
omist's formula there are a lot of
people In these United States living
in indecent poverty. .
THE 'GREAT SCHISM
TJHE great schism in American po
litical thought is widening. It
has entered the sanctuary of the high
est court. Decisions have come to be
by bare majority of one. jftie t'md
ing In the Steeli case was five to fou
And here is a decision in the Reading
case ofTour to three, two justices not
participating. I . ;
Wood wins pis victory here and
Johnson there." The solidarity of the
war is gone.! The people have retired
into two great (contending camps. The
.age-old struggle; between conservatism
and , liberalism,f a. struggle, that hasj
never for one second been absent from
the world, since men began to think,
is on with renewed fury.
Five supreme justices to four r de-
Lcided- that the Steel corporation could
not be; disAOi,ved.
f Five justices I to four decided that
stoct dividends"; are capitaT and "cannot
be : taxed as income.
' Fbiif;' justices' ; to three decided' in
the Reading; case that -coal properties
may 1 not be -held by railroads.- But
in that very clear issue, an issue very
directly fixed by statute, three jus
tices took the. side of the railroads
and voted for ownership of coal prop
erties by the roads.
The Reading company is the holding
company of the Philadelphia A Read
ing Railway company and of the coal
and iron company of the same name,
and owns over half the stock of the
Central Railway f New Jersey, which
in turn owns nine tenths of the stock
of the Lehigh & Wilkesbarre i Coal
company. , .
Though the statute distinctly pro
vides that railroads cannot hold coal
properties, threes justices dissented
from the majority opinion by the four
justices.'? The three aligned themselves
on the side of the great anthracite
coal monopoly.; j. ' :j '":.') it1.
With the highest court thus divided
in thought, with judicial minds in the
great court of last resort arrayed,
some on one and some on the other
side of the great American schism,
you have a view ; of the vast gulf be
tween the reactionary East and the
liberal West. ;
KnA reaction was never so resolute
as now. I The present liberal govern
ment made the great figures of reac
tion pay excess profits ; taxes, made
them pay heavy income taxes, took as
much as 70 or 80 per cent of profits
made out of the war to pay for the
war." - : ' '"-'.V
In that policy those forces saw mil
lions and billions of profits go glim
mering, saw huge totals go to gov
ernment that would otherwise have
swelled private coffers to the burst
ing. :.' ; . ' : .: i ' -
. And they are angry. .And they are
resolute. And, if In their power to
prevent, they are not .going to have
any more of that kind of government
in' America. ; '
A psychologist has been attempt
ing to explain the reason for wide
spread use of taxicabs and touring
cars by criminals when, planning
crimes. Among other things, he
suggests that the taxi aids the crimi
nal to concentrate. It is rather dif
ficult to believe that the click, click,
click of the taximeter assists any
one to concentrate.
THE ROUGED CHEEK
HER age was doubtful. There was
a bright daub of red on either
cheek. Her lips were rouged until
they were redder than cherries. Dark
rings were painted under her eyes.
The make-up was so apparent as to be
visible yards' and yards away. '
Everybody saw the deception. Every
body read the pathetic attempt ti re
store fast slipping youth. Every
body felt sorry "at her vain attempt
by artificial devices to ward off the
physical . traces " of passing years.
Nor is 'she unusual. You see them,
a lot of them, every day. Indeed, the
practice Is widespread and women
are leading , one another : on in the
foolish custom. J . ; :
It is .impossible to cheat age. And
why try? A wrinkle is not a blemish.
The cheeks on which the color has
faded are jaot a defect. They are the
badges of character, the credential of
stability.: The softening lines of years
are a commendation not a condem
nation. - T . : j ! ' '' ; . . ; ;
Instead of the paint and rouge and
powder, there is exercise and fresh
air and toe great outdoors to bring
back the color of youth. There is
that simple living that restores-freshness
and brings brightness back to
the eyes. There is proper diet and
good jwholesome; thinking and good
purpose that fills the soul with vigor
and enthusiasm and optimism and all
these5 things shine out through the
eyes and overspread the face with
something far; more sightly than the
daubs of crudely applied paint.
Daubs cannot restore youtrf? But
spirit and hope and good cheer can
make, age young. ;
A young Iowan. held in jail for
threatening the j lif e of his mother-
in-law, has passed his fourteenth
day without food. The hunger strike
is a protest against his incarceration
because he holds that any remark
a man makes about his' mother-in-
law is legitimate. Possibly there
are other sons-in-law who: are in
entire accord with the views of the
young Iowan. j l -"
AN IMMEDIATE NEED
PORTLAND needs a camping site for
m.otor tourists. She needs it im
mediately. , : ;
Tuesday, the On-to-Stockton cara
van arrives here. They are coming by
automobile from British Columbia
and Washington.! They are prepared
to camp. A site Was provided in Van
couver, B. C. Spokane had a camping
ground .for their comfort and con
venience. Seattle and Taeoma ac
commodated them. But Portland has
no properly equipped site." . 1
The Kiwanis. T. P. A. and Shrine
conventions will soon convene in Port
land. The , Rose Festival will be an at
traction in June. People will come
to this city by automobile.; They will
look for camp sites with water, shade
trees and other conveniences. And we
have none. . j '. I l' : . ,. .
It was announced last year that camp
sites were to be provided this sum
mer. , A site on Sandy road was picked.
It was owned by toe O-W. RAN.
The city and company could not come
to terms. Now a search is to be made
for other sites, i
Little is to be; gained by directing
criticism at those who are responsible
for the delay.? t Officials, however,
could in a measure make up for past
deficiencies, by putting forces into
immediate motion that will assure
Portland visitors camping sites during
the big conventions in June. The tax
payers . already ; own property in all
portions of the city. Some Is under
the direction of the school board, some
under toe county, and some under toe
city. i
Could not there be found, among all
that property, a place or two where
tourists could be provided with con
veniences that are afforded by every
other city in the Northwest? If not,
other sites should be immediately ob
tained and made ready for toe recep
tion of toe thousands of motorists that
will visit Portland this summer.
CANDIDATES AND
PLATFORMS IN
OREGON
Additional List of Aspirants for Seats
; in Upper and Lower House of the
' ' Legislature.
W. McDonald of Portland. Republi
can candidate for nomination for joint
representative, 'from Multnomah and
Clackamas c o u n
ties, was born at
Virginia, ; 111.. No
vember 14. 1882. He
was educated at
high school and
business college
and has been en
gaged In the gen
eral insurance bus
iness for the past
10 years. He has
never before been a
candidate for pub
lic office.
Mr. McDonald's
platform is: I favor such legislation
as - will protect our country, preserve
law and order, and will enable men and
women to enjoy the prosperity that is
bound to come from the healthy devel
opment of Oregon. I am opposed . to
freak legislation or any laws that will
in jure the business growth and the wel
fare of the people of the state of Ore
gon. His slogan is "One hundred per
cent Americanism and the prosperity of
Oregon people."
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J.N.Johnston of Grants Pass, Repub
lican candidate for representative, Jose
phine county, was born at .eavens worth,
vwsp-!! Indiana, August 18,
1881.
uate
He is a grad-
of : Indiana
schools, and of the
law and : scientific
courses at Central
Normal college,
Danville, I Indiana.
He began teaching
II V f i school at the age oi
-''S I 16 years, and after
4 t 1 teaching four years,
- A j I located at Grants
r ass m April, lyua.
and has since practiced law there. He
served as police judge of Grants Pass
in 1912 : deputy prosecuting attorney for
Josephine county for about four years
prior to the passage of the county at
torney bill.
Mr. Johnston's slogan is : "Less laws
more carefully considered." -.
Karl E. Fisher of Beaverton, Republi
can candidate for representative from
Washington county, was born at Beaver
ton, September 18,
1879. . He : attended
the public school and
high school and the
Portland B u s I n ess
college. He was edi
tor of the Beaverton
Times two years, and
Washington county
for the past 18 years.
He served as mayor
of Beaverton three
terms. .
In his platform Mr.
Fisher says: "I will serve the best in
terests of Washington county."
His slogan is: "Fighting, the school
book trust and paving monopoly.?
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William iW. Lunger of Lafayette, Re
publican candidate for representative,
Yamhill county, was born at Lawrence
j , j y. burg, Ind.. August 2,
. 1855. He is a grad-
'7 - , f' uate of the law de
partment of Colum
' ' '"A bia university. New
'York citv. Ha wm
reared on a farm,
practiced law about
25 years ; came to
Oregon 10 years ago
and bought a 105
acre ranch in .Tam-
Vffchas resided since. He
l.::Uwaa a member of the
1&17 session of the legislature, in the
lower house,
Mr. Lunger's platform is: "For the
betterments and best interest of Yamhill
county; the entire county. '
W. B. Dennis of Carlton, Republican
candiate for joint senator for Washing
ton. Yamhill, Tillamook and Lincoln,
was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, in Decem
ber, 1869. - He attended th'e public
schools, Madison academy and Central
university of Kentucky, .with a subse
quent special course in raining engineer
ing.. He has been engaged in the news
paper business in Ohio and Washington :
mining in the Spokane courltry, Idaho,
and Southern Oregon: timber, lumber,
farming and fruit raising business at
Carlton. : He Was a member of the lower
bouse of the legislature from Yamhill
county in the 1919 and 1920 sessions.
In his platform Mr. Dennis says: "I
will serve to the utmost of my ability
every interest of Washington, Tillamook,
Lincoln and Yamhill counties, state and
nation. The crying need of - the hour
everywhere is greater production. Or
ganization, cooperation and good roads
is the ' key. Organized cooperation of
the producers, minimum taxes and good
roads everywhere. Good roads, conserv
atively . ' financed, economically con
structed, graft free, politics free, privi
lege free. My record during last two
sessions of the legislature is better than
promises. Allowing only for the growth
that comes with experience, I am will
ing to be judged by that record, and
to-stand or fall by the test of truth."
His slogan is : "For better roads, bet
ter farms, better homes, belter men and
a bettetj Oregon."
etter. Oregon. ' v
Seward D. : Allen of Eugene. Republi
can candidate for representative. Lane
county., was born near TJtica, N. Y. He
is a graduate of A. B. Hamilton college,
and a lawyer by profession. He was
four times appointed city attorney of
Duluth, Minn., and once of Eugene, Or.
In his platform Mr. Allen says: "I am
greatly alarmed at the tendencies every
where ' manifested to run state, .county
and- city . Into - debt. Expenditures
heretofore I undreamed " of are urged,
and limitations on indebtedness hith
erto deemed . " necessary are ; being
raised, that funds may be borrowed ; to
meet vast new outlays. Nothing is more
certain than that, money now borrowed
will have to be repaid when the purr
chasing power of a dollar is greatly in-
creased, because costing more in labor
and products. The prudent business
man is - making' no improvements. He
knows that a day of reckoning Is com
ing and that readjustment must be had.
Why should the public attempt what
prudent men avoid, fn their own busi
ness? I stand for no stingy policy. 1
favor needed : appropriations. ; especially
4tJ
ilwiiniiiiefri
for our educational -work, but I Insist
that these are unsettled times, and that
we ought to proceed with the utmost
caution, avoiding all doubtful and ex
travagant projects.
"Again : I am not satisfied with what
is being done to prevent profiteering and
exploiting. There is a considerable class
that can meet increased cost and pass
the burden on to others, and even profit
by the transaction. The average citizen
cannot do this. He must pay the added
burden, and from bis lessened surplus,
his increasing taxes. If elected to the
legislature I shall certainly try to se
cure some action to lessen this-growing
oppression, caused by the profiteer and
the exploiter. I favor honest, efficient,
economical government : 1 oppose all
profiteering and exploiting."
Letters From the People
fOomaranleatlana ' aant to Tb J cranial far
publication in thia department ahould ba writtaa
B only one aids of tba paper, ahoold not exc4
800 word in length ani mnit ba aignad by tba
writer, whoa mail addraaa in (all Btatt aoooaa
pany tha coptribation.1
" WHEN LEAGUERS COME
McEwen, May 9. To the Editor of The
Journal I have read with a smile what
you .; have , to say about when ' the
Leaguers come, and I want to commend
you on your fair statement of the cause
of their coming. You seem- to admit this
cause, but apparently are against their
coming. You admit they have made a
success of their cause as far as, they
have gone. ' You admit, through your
warning to business men, that the com
plained of condition exists. Now. pray,
what is the matter that you are so fear
ful? i Is an Innocent man ever fearful?
We surely must say no. Then what is
the matter? The position you take
against - the league reminds one of two
men fighting, with the favorite on top,
and the under dog beginning to give him
the turn ; then you want to quit. But
some of us farmers and others are not
quitters. " The affair is too tame to stop
yet. We think a few good punches are
due the top dog yet, and we propose to
let him have one or two.
You say it is going to cause hate and
strife. Why so? Isn't one bunch of
monkeys getting most of the cheese now,
according to spur own statement?
Haven't they been getting it for all these
long years? You have, to; admit the
country couldn't live six months without
the farmers producing what you town
people eat and wear ; still your trend .of
reasoning is to hold them hard against
the grindstone, :
And as to a certain' speaker asking the
farmers if they have anything to say
about the price at which they sell, or buy.
it is true they do hot as a rule have a
single word to say. My cream checks
are growing smaller every day, and the
things I have to buy are getting dearer.
My cattle have not advanced during the
war enough to pay the taxes on them.
So. do' you expect men like me to sit
still and take this thing eternally? Not
if SIS will help things.
J. L. Edmiston.
ADVISES "HANDS OFF." ;1;
Portland, May 8. To the Editor of
The Journal-U Is interesting to note in
the recent news columns tkat the Meth
odist Episcopal church of the United
States in general conference . expressed
itself as antagonistic to the Irish re
publican movement. It is equally notice
able, as well as deplorable, on .the other
hand, to note that some 80 members of
congress sent a signed cablegram to
Premier Lloyd George denouncing the
action of British officials in Ireland in
sending to jail without - trial agitators
against government authority and ac
cusing British officialdom of brutal and
unfair treatment of the Irish. .
. It - would seem that we had about
reached the height of international bad
manners in interfering with the Internal.
affairs Of another nation. A church, or
ganization can find plenty tb do attend
ing to the needs of humanity at home
before it attempts to dictate politics,
either national or international.
As for our congressmen's message td
the British premier, have not the con
stitutional rights of our own people
been treated as scraps of paper during
the past two or three years? Have not
people in the United States been thrust
into jail by hundreds without the least
form of trial, for merely expressing
their candid opinions? Our federal
jails are full of political prisoners, to
say nothing of those who have been
brutally torn from relatives and de
ported. What would we say if the Brit
ish people would protest against our ac-
tions? ;
The old adage : about the mote in the
other . fellow's eye still holds good. .
R M. Horton.
Olden Oregon
Columbia and Lot Whit comb First Willamette-Columbia
Steamboats.
The development of transportation on
the Willamette and Columbia rivers be
gan in 1850. The first steamboat built
to run on- these waters was- called the
Columbia.. She was built with a double
ead, like a ferryboat- Her machinery
was brought from California by James
Frost. It was a slow boat, taking 26
hours from Astoria to Oregon City, to
which point - her first trip was ' made.
The second venture in steam navigation
was the Lot Whitcomb, built at Mil
waukie, which was- greatly superior to
the Columbia. Navigation, of the Wil
lamette was hindered by rocks and rap
ids. ; On the Clackamas rapids below
Oregon City $30,000 was expended and
the channel was cleared to Salem in
1852. The Tualatin river was made .nav
igable for some distance by private en
terprise. The Rsckville Canal St Trans
portation company . completed a break
water with a canal around the falls at
Oregon City in 1854.
Curious Bits" of Information.
For the Curious
Gleaned From Curious Places
Slavery existed in nearly all of the
English colonies from an early period
until shortly - before -or soon after the
Revolutionary war. and tha African
trade was openly tolerated by the Brit
ish government. In 1756 there were 292.
000 African slaves in the colonies, scat
tered from New England to . Georgia:
Slavery .was not prohibited in Massa
chusetts until 1789, nor in Vermont until
1777. : The United States census of 1810,
says the Indianapolis News, showed 810
slaves in Connecticut, 10,851 in New Jer
sey, 15,017 in New York, 795 in Pennsyl
vania and 108 in Rhode Island. Slavery
was gradually abolished in the Northern
states, but in 1820 there were still 97
slaves in Connecticut, 7557 in New Jer
sey, 10.088 in New York, 211 in Pennsyl
vania and 48 in Rhode Island. The cen
sus of 1850 showed the disappearance of
slavery In all the Northern states ex
cept in New Jersey, which still had 236.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says :
I know a smart young feller that talks
'bout the "Impresslveness of Impression"
and the "Infinity of the Sub-Normal,"'
and queer things like that, and don't say
nuthin'i you, can understand or that's
likely tb rile anybody, and durned if he
don'tfgit away with itfer enough to go
from one town ;"to another and live
mighty well and dress a heap better.
He looks strong enough to shovel sand
eight hours a day, too ; but the way he
gathers in suckers and shekels would
make some revival preachers jealous
durned if it wouldn't, , , :
' COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
- e - ill inn
; To kill time try hard work.
..
An indolent man Is a dead one who
can't be buried.,
":'.t: .-..X-V' ''' . ' ' . - '. ' '
He who has lost all confidence can lose
nothing more.
a
, Ceremonies differ, but true politeness
Is ever the same.
Even Iri the "fatherland" they, speak
the mother tongue.
t '; ''.- a ' ''.:-":'.::;':':'.
The fool politician fights friction ; the
wise one uses soft soap.
i - ..- ''' . . ;-; ; -
' The millionaire who dresses as well as
his clerk is mere or less eccentric -
It is aa easy for you to please every
body as it Is for everybody to please you.
The less a man knows about politics
the more angry he gets in a political
argument.-.
" a a
Lots of men lose the thousands they
have gained by running too hard after
another hundred.
Eve was the first, woman and probably
the last who did not gather up her skirts
and scream at the sight of a mouse.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About ITown
Miss M. Johnson of the Oregon Agri
cultural college addressed the Greeters
of Oregon at their regular weekly meet
ing held Tuesday evening at the Ram
apo hotel. Miss Johnson's subject con
cerned the - proposed millage tax for
higher education which the Greeters gal
lantly Indorsed. Greeter Charles Schrie
ter presided at the meeting and Homer
Rogers took up some valuable time In an
interesting way, telling of Mount Hood
lodge and illustrating, the tale with some
new pictures. A "cherry" welcome was
extended ,to the Greeters by Charles
H unlock of the Hotel Marion at Salem.
The meeting had a happy climax, when a
number, of new applications for member
ship were read.
' '- '
M. H. Murphy just happens to be at
the Multnomah hotel from Albany, but
a group of his townspeople are there by
long premeditated design and arrange
ment. Among them are Mrs. G. C. Wire.
Dora Flood, Mrs. Alf Sheridan, Mrs.
Margaretta II. Whlnery, Mr. and Mrs.
n. R Worth, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Veal
and Roberta Veal. Worth operates one
of the Linn county city's department
stores and Veal manufactures chairs. :
. . . -
- After eight years' absence from Ore
gon Orville C, Johnson is at the Im
perial hotel.' registered from his present
home and headquarters at Aurora. 111.
Harry :. Hamilton, who knows everyone
who appears at the Imperial, had a time
recalling the long absent Johnson, who
used to live at Baker. But Hamilton
finally remembered the visitor,- who
some years ago invented the last word
in horse halters, with which he made his
fortune. Johnson selected Aurora, III.,
as a suitable business center and there
established an industry that has sent his
halters into many parts of the world.
In 1918 his company sold 318,780 baiters
and still .they say Old Dobbin : is no
more. Johnson is continuing at Aurora
the political and fraternal activity that
made him well known in Oregon.
Elmer C,l Stlckel and E. F. Merritt
of Merrill, Or., are stopping at the Im
perial. .Merrill is the Klamath county
town reported destroyed by fire a few
days ago: Reports now, however, say
that only half a dozen of the leading
buildings of the community were con
IMPRESSIONS And observations
OF THE JOURNAt MAN f
By Fred Lockley
'Tba -talea of a trareler are rented by Jt r.
lorkley today. Ha encotuitera a globetrotter who
haa circled the globe fonr time, with zigur
that would vasUy increase the mileage van ot
that ' circling. Thia indefatigable purin em
phasize tba Talne of the friendly attitude aa
a paanport in atrange land, and of the eye for
opportunity which makea tha going profitable aa
well as pleasant. J
Every time you meet a new person
you are an explorer. . You are like a
voyager in a newly, discovered but yet
unexplored territory. Who he is,- what
he has done, where he has been, and
what manner of man he is, are all to
be discovered.
' At luncheon a day or so ago, with a
well dressed, keen looking mart. I dis
cussed our favorite brands of presidents,
weather and salad. He told me, in an
swer to my question, that he was a
resident of Portland, that his name was
Leslie Cranboume, and that he was an
Australian. Omitting our verbal-skirmishing
and my uestions, here is the
story he told me:
"My father was a Bristol man. Most
of bis people had the-restless foot and
took to the sea or traveled far from the
land of . their birth. . Father went to
Australia, went out to the bush, and be
came a squatter. He went in for sheep.
Soon he owned several thousand acres.
He went , to the alluvial wash lands
placer grounds, you term them at Bal-larat-
He was lucky. He took a claim
from which he cleaned - up some 8000
pounds. He went Into the export; busi
ness, shipping froaen mutton to Eng
land, and did well. ' My mother, Con
stance Grant. Was a New York girL
"I was born on October 19, 1879, at
Pahran, a suburb of Melbourne. Marbles,
tops, leapfrog, .cricket, Rugby football
and boxing occupied my boyhood. Fa
ther became interested in New Zealand,
so we moved to Wellington. I went to
Christ Church ' college - at Canterbury.
N. Z. -They are thorough there. It Is
no place for loafers or "slackers. I
loved to sing I won a scholarship by
my singing. I became a choir boy in
St. Andrews cathedral- I dropped out
when my voice changed "to bass.
. .
r i athlptira. runnine and
boxing; I. used to do the 100 yards in
101-5 seconds. My ratner aiso was a
skillful boxer and runner. Such things
are a part of a lad's training out there.
See this wrist? J broke it in a fight
Feel' here above my knee. L got that
compound fracture playing ' football.
Business took us' to Sydney and Mel
bourne and 'thence to London. After a
year in London we came to New York
city. My mother's father was a servant
nf v Ttr4HaTn rmernment His work
took him all over the world. He settled
at Penang, Singapore, ana was appoint
ed chief of police. When he died my
grandmother came back to her old home
in New York city. I Father was as set ;
and headstrong as I . was possibly . a
Uttle mere so. We, clashed, and I went
to live with my grandmother. Her sto
ries of the little Known byways of the
world fascinated me. ,
"My people were deeply religious and
t dui Kn won et-otinried in clean liv
ing. I told my grandmother . I was go-
lng to striKe ouv ana see me woru,
that I could get a Job a tnessboy on a
tramp steamer. She said, 'You won't
see much that way. If you will promise
to stay . away from saloons and other
evil places and will not spend the money
foolishly, X w'U give you 12000, which ,
NEWS IN f BRIEF
SIDELIGHTS
The question of providing a new char
ter for the city of iSllverton is likely to
be ani issue at the iinext municipal elec
tion, which will be held in November.
"Although It is jl chilly." muses the
Hood River News, 'fsprtng Is here, and
not one pome ha reached our local
papers. Perhaps the muse is hibernat
ing." '
"City Schools Gather 85.000 Pounds of
Paper.," quotes the .Eugene Register,
from a contemporary's headlines. - Then
the Register comments : "They must
have emptied some newspaper's dally
waste basket accummulatlon of useless
press agent material."
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"On primary day,' remember," ex
horts the La Grande Observer, "if we
are to have colleges we must support
them. If you object' to their -management,
raise that objection later, . but the
schools must have more support or close
up shop." ". -'jj y ', s
It Its "Bits for i; Breakfast" column,
the Salem Statesman serves this appe
tizing morsel : "The Salem Rotarians
are going to get behind a project to
beautifv th erourids along North Mill
creek on North Summer street. There
is a chance there to make a beautiful
three acre Dark, and with Such a con
summation a, way will be shown for a
number of. other unsightly places along
Salem's creek and; river banks to be
made beauty spots." -
sumed. Including the "opry house." Mer
rill has a population of about 400 per
sons when all noses are counted.
v- .. .. .
Some of the Eastern Oregon folk who
have found -their way into the Multno
man hotel are Judge George C. Blake
ley, a pioneer citizen of The Dalles, who
is here to transact! business"; Mr. and
Mrs. J. K. Thompson 'of Pendleton and
Mr. and Mrs. B. May field of Enterprise,
where Mayfield is a druggist. -.
George Bright, and Fred W. Furst of
the forest service left Wednesday with
an automobile truck., bound for the
Ochoco national forest, where they wll
spend several months cruising Unober
in connection with" land exchanges.
Prineville is their i immediate objective.
Raymond G: Carroll, representing the
Philadelphia Publics Ledger, is stopping
at the Benson : hotel while on a news
paper mission in the effete West.
Halfway between! here and there is
Halfway,: Baker county, from which Im
portant' farming' center come Mr. and
Mrs. Walter A. Groves to the Oregon
hotel. . - If '
Dr. Glen C. Graves Is down from
Condon for a breatjhlng spell before the
big rush comes to'pondon for the race
meet to be held there late this montn
While in the city Graves 4s putting up
at the Multnomah,
Dr. R W, Hendershott of Bend and
William Masten of La Pine are guests
at the Imperial. LaPlne's chief boast
since "Triple A" Aya came to " Portland
to live, is a natural hot springs nearby
Aya used to run a iweekly newspaper in
that town when , it looked like LaPine
might soon rival Chicago. .
Mrs. B- W. Dunning, who lives and
does a thriving business in curios at
Seaside, is at the qornelius hotel, stock
ing up for the summer tourist season
at the beach.- . ' ' i . :
Mrs. Charles It, V4ck and daughter
Bertha are guests at the Seward hotel
Mrs. George W. Ktger, wife of one of
Tillamook's pioneer: bankers, is stopping
at the Multnomah during a brief .visit
1
in the city.
should take you around the' world. I
accepted her gift and he? blessing and
took the first steamer for Liverpool
Museums, botanical and zoological gar
dens and ancient places have always
fascinated mo. I (.pent davs and weeks
in the British museum in London. The
mummies and other relics of the past
drew me. I ran across Stanley's book.
The Dark Continent.. Africa called, and
I answered. For; 10 1 .potindt, I got a
ticket to Australia by way of Africa, on
a slow going British tramp steamer. We
laid over for a while at the Caosj y
UUi.ds. Wc reached Capetown Just be
fore the Boer war" broke out. I visited
the country thereabout with all a boy's
curiosity. The oirtrlch farms drew me,
and I bought some excellent plumes for
Is pence, or 36 ctrUs In our money..
'
"From Capetown I went to Auckland.
N. 2.. I had an odd experience on this
trip. While en route to Napier, Welling
ton and Sydney we had about 1000 emi
grants for Australia. The food in the
steerage was abundant and good but
wretchedly served. , I was only 'a boy,
but I decided to. organize a committee
of protest. A- young Scotchman and
myself called a meeting of the passen
gers and we were appointed t. comm't
tee to lay-the matter before the captain.
He investigated our complaint and the
fur flew, for a while. The result was
that for the rest of our eight .weeks'
voyage the food was well cooked and
well served.
. '
"Travel was very cheap in ,1 the late
'80s and early '90s.:- For example. " my
first meal at Sydney cost me (sixpence,
or . 12 cents in our' money. I bad soup,
leg of mutton and green peas,' potatoes,
plum pudding . and, tea, and the girl
wanted to bring me another serving, of
mutton and peas. I spent several
months at Coogee,. Sydney and Mel
bourne, and then left for Tasmania and
thence to the Fljli Islands. -
"From Suva, the capital of Levuca,
which is the largest island of the group,
I went to Vancouver, B. C. ' The fare
was 10 pounds, or- less than $50. Aboard
our steamer were hundreds of Australian
miners en route to the newly discovered
placer diggings In the Klondyke. I had
intended to go directly from Vancouver
to Montreal and thence back to New
York city, but I changed my plans,
bought an outfit cf dogs, food and tools,
and caught a boat- to Skagway,
;FTm Alaska I went to the Canal
Zone, and then to Peru, Chile and Ar
gentine, then back to New York city,
Boston, Baltimore, New Orleans, Paris.
Honolulu, the South Sea Islands, South
Africa, the East Coast,, on to Egypt
and the countries along the Mediterran
ean, on to Australia "and from there to
Los . Angeles. :v ' : ;.
? "I kept : golntf till I had traveled
around the .world ; four times, seeing
something new and . different -all the
time. My $2000 was spent long ago, but
I stopped long, enough, in South Africa
to make $15,000, and I added to it- else
where. If - you are alert you can see
opportunities - wherever : you go. I
learned -the geography of the world by
persona! investigation and I learned hu
manity by making friends all over the
world. The art of .being friendly and
feeling a friendly' interest in your fellow
man is the passport that will take you
around the world and make your jour
ney safe, pleasant and profitable,"
The Oregon Country
North wait Happening In Brlaf Form tot tba
Busy Rcadar. -
ORKGON NOTES
The Ochoco
indorsed the higher education tax bill.
1 he UnlOll. T.iventock unnolatlnn will
hold itS twelfth Unniml liHrtur . Ifnlnn
June 2-4. . - -
Looe Sins: rennrta hnn vlnu In th Tn.
dependence district making .a thrifty"
growth. , ......
A dairv and nheien ,itnMinn hhnl will
be held at the North Craft farm in
iougias county Friday. i
Antoria police have found 'cached at
residences in the east end of the city
i wo large barrels of wine.
Union hlirh
haa voted to inetue $50.W0 in bonda for
immediate construction of a building.
Boy snouts of. Clackamas county have
perfected an organisation which will be
independent of the one at Portland.
Scores of small fires In the hills around
Eugene have raised a pall of smoke. The
fires are caused bv farm. hurnlnir
brunh.
The school board convention of Wasco
county recently- went on record an
strongly favoring the elementary educa
tion bill. . .
The Alsea River Lumber com nan v has
Bhlpped a carload of fir lops to New
York to test their adaptability for ve
neering purposes.
The Young Women's Christian associ
ation of The Dalles is collecting rags and
waste paper to raiie funds to remodel
its headquarters. (
The Corvallis Commercial club haa
frono on record against the specific grav
ty test for gasoline and In favor of sus
pending the law.
The state land board received a
total of $644 In royalties from three
Portland sand and gravel companies for
sand and gravel taken from the bed of
the Willamette.
The record of the Ae-rlcnlturat nnllere)
hen Is beaten by a. turkey belonging to
r'eter Whltaker of Benton county. The
turkey has. laid an. crk every day for
62 days and shows no tMgns of dlscontin
ulng.
The state desert land board will ask
congress to extend the contract between
the state and federal governments rela
tive to the Walker hasln irrigation proj
ect fn Deschutes country for a period of
10 years.
In order to conserve fuel for spray
rigs the Hood River Apple Growers' as
sociation is urging conservation of eso
llne. Merchants . are asked to limit de
liveries to one trip dally and orchardista
are urged to pool their trips to town.
WASHINGTON
Yakima potato growers are planning
to enter into competition with Southern
growers. ,
Magpies are reported to be destroytiiK
the egus of Chinese pheasants In Kitti
tas valley.
Announcement Is made of the con
templated erection at Spokane of a $1.
000.000 theatre.
Union teamsters at Tacoma have gone
to work after a 10 day strike. Arbltra-
tinn will V.. Irnl. ..t
The two banks of Davenport show an
Increase In deposits of $244,522 over tb
same period last year.
Central Christian church of Spokane
raised $30,000 last Sunday to wipe out
Its entire indebtedness.
The Chehalls Citizens' club has ap
proved the plan of building a public
auditorium and memorial halt
Architects from different Northwet
cities are participating In . an exhibit
being held in Tacoma this week.
Seattle jobbers announce they have
clippnd off $10 a ton on Yakima potatoes
and are offering them to the retail trade
at $160 and $170 a ton. ;
The annual meeting of the Chirke
county Cow Testing association will bo
held at Vancouver Friday to secure the
services of an expert cow tester.
The body of Johnnie Dennis, ffe 10.
who was drowned a month ago at Ijew
Iston. Idaho.. has been found floating in
the Snake river at Penawawa. -
More than -300 delegates attended the
opening session of the seventeenth an
nual state convention of the Knights of
Columbus at Hoquiam. A class of 100
from Aberdeen was initiated.
- Douglas Shelor.-secretary of the Auto
mobile club of Western Washington, ex
presses the opinion that "automobile
drivers will be placed on a gasoline ra
tion before the summer is over.
The largest Irrigation pumping plant
In the Kalispell section has been suc
cessfully tried out. Water Is taken
from the Whltefish river and forced to
a height of 105 feet by a 40 hore power
motor.
One hundred and seventy nine of the
leading citizens of Hoquiam are oti trial
In the police court on the charge of
violating a city ordinance prohibiting
putting wood on the parking strips of the
street. . -. .
IDAHO
Moscow has subscribed $75,000 for the
boys' dormitory. The largest subscrip
tion was for $10,000 by the First Trust
and Savings bank.
According to an opinion of Attorney
General Black a school trustee act inn
n ,.kn I on. i n a v fa ttt Hl VntA I H J Aftm.
as if he were not chairman.
Former Adjutant General Moody, who
is peifipc nuri j n- ... .......
of moneys alleced to have been Irregu
larly drawn, has asked a chanpe of
venue from Ada to Jefferson county. ,
the Inland Empire Sunday school con
vention at Lewiston was the singing of
"Nearer, My God. to Thee" by 1.1 Nex
Perce Indian men and women.
JK n l il irrwuiuj pireniiift .... . . . ....
the championship of Ada and Canyon
...in n t m Ka t iirria v.
CUUnLjm will i - - . ' "
Cash prlr.es of $10 will be given the
winning rjy ana kite.
. il...,,! nla.W Viae -rilled that
the legal requirement that a county
superinienaeni oi Bcnwm bhuumj
one year's experience, means a school
year rainer man a caienur jrr.
1
More About the Features of
The Journal's Country
Life Department. .
Maybe you have noticed on the
"Country Life" pages of The Jour
nal such headings as "Poultry
Notes," "Livestock Notes," "Oregon
Fruit Growers" and other headings
dealing with Oregon farm life. The
policy of The Journal of giving its
readers "air of the news" is highly
exemplified under these headings.
The correspondents' department of
the Country Life section of The Jour
nal keeps in constant touch with ac
tivities of organized farmers and
under the several headings gives to
its readers condensed reports of their
activities during the current week.
This service requires that the de
partment keep in constant touch with
the organizations, and a week rarely
passes but some representative of
the department interviews one of the
leaders of the state on the activities
of his, particular organization during
the preceding seven days, even if a
Journey of several hours and con
siderable expense is entailed.
Every week breeders of livestock
send Inquiries to The Journal for
advice relative to the well being of
their cattle. The Country Life de
partment retains the services of a
skilled veterinarian who answers all
these inquiries free.
The activities of the Country Life
department of The Journal on eco
nomic problems affecting the farm
ers of the Northwest, particularly
in cooperative marketing, have won
wide recognition throughout the na
tion, and articles covering the mar
keting of Oregon fruits, cereals and
dairy products are widely reprinted
in periodicals of national repute.
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