THE OREGON DAILY' JOURNAL, ; POR TLANP, WEDNESDAY, MAY; 19. 1920.
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hare ailenced him. -John Morley.
WHAT IS THE GAME ?
WHAT is the game?
What Job is on foot to be put
over at.Salem next winter, when the
legislature meets? There never was
such a call from certain quarters in
Portland for the election of, machine
legislators. The Days and Mosers are
being painted as white, lilies. ,. They
are proclaimed as legislators of virgin
purity, when everybody knows better.
Day as senator changed a bill after it
had been formally adopted by a legis
lative committee, and was caught in
the act. when he reported it to the
senate. let tne uregonian tens us
Day must be elected state senator.
And there is the same call for Moser.
Moscr has probably been identified
with more clandestine legislation.
more midnight legislation, more thlm
' blerigglng legislation than any other
man ever tn an Oregon legislature
Again we repeat, .what is the game?
What is the big scheme that is to be
put over at Salem next winter?
Nor is it from Portland alone that
this type of legislator is demanded
Certain Portland interests are calling
for election of legislators of the same
genus in some of the outside counties.
These up-state politicians are evi
dently wanted as lieutenants to carry
out the purposes of the big Multno-
mah nnsh. The enmhlned fnre.es If
elected will be able to run the legis
lature and run it for the exclusive
purposes of these secret Portland in
" teresta that are demanding that type
of legislators. '
To carry out the plan. Day and
Moser are being painted as lilies of
the valley, as angels ' of purity, as
white robed virgins of honesty.
. It is to laugh nowt but after elec
tion the deluge. ,
- Some tales or woe are so, says
Lieutenant Colonel G. W. S. Stevens,
' in charge of Oregon recruiting for
the army. He testifies that he wit
nessed the capture of a 65-pound
king Chinook salmon near Skagway,
Alaska, by Colonel Robert C. Van
vliet in September, 1911. Yet there
are still some unbelievers who aver
that the fish which got away never
weighed so much nor fought so hard
as the defeated angler said it did.
OTHERWISE THEY'RE SANE
XV 7 HAT man is minus his pet su
. pcrstition? The Indian braves
had their "medicine," and unless it
was strong - they were licked before
.the battle began. Pull moons, black
cats and left shoulders have long been
credited with power over the occult.
vcurvv., uairn
souis reruse to return ror something
. lorgouen uniess tney sit . down in a
chair and count three before they
start out again.
There are incantations for the re
moval of corns and weird burial cere
monials for pork rinds at southeast
corners of deserted buildings as a
means of dismissing warts.
. But all of these superstitions, plus
the general custom of carrying6 a rafrr
bjt's foot or-a lucky coin, are more
or less ancient. Some wejl known
Portlanders propitiate the mysterious
with incantations ever so much more
modern. . .
One business man, for instance, ha
bitually wears a red necktie. This
tie either in whole or In part com
mands good luck. The wearer re
turns from salmon fishing frequently
with half the necktie gone. He at
taches portions of it to his spinner
to make the big fish strike. The
strange part of it Is that the fancy
CL A. JACK SOX.
CHAMBERLAIN
N SOME of "the most libelous articles ever printed in a Portland newspaper
Senator Chamberlain has been attacked by Gilbert E." Hamaker n the Port
land Telegram..;.
Every Insinuation, every hint, every
apply language was cast at Senator
Chamberlain
the Warren Spruce corporation. He
his senatorial office to further the private enterprises of Oregon friends.
With the flimsiest threads of Innuendo, Hamaker tried to pull down the
high reputation of the senator and to
people -of Oregon. 1 -
No other man has ever publicly questioned the integrity or in any public
way brought the slightest aspersion
LCeorge Chamberlain. He (made a legislative record in Oregon that no man has
ever challenged. ' He seryed six years.,
the record he made in that office his fellow citizens, without regard to party,
called him to the higher joff ice of United States senator. He! was elected to
that position by a Republican legislature pledged under Statement One to
support the people's choice.' Because
service at Washington hei was reelected
state to a second term of six years.
Not once during his .whole career has
called Chamberlain's public : or private
Hamaker, has any citizen of Oregon or
one shadow upon his integrity or his
The one thing that stands put paramount in Chamberlain's public career
is, that in the storms and strife of
purpose have Jiever been ' challenged
single, slip in his public life, if he had in one signal Instance made a false
step," the partisan exigencies of "political campaigns would have caused that
slip or that false step to havevbeen blazoned to the world. I i ; -
It would have been proclaimed from
echoed and reechoed from the resounding hills. ; It would have been epi-
Uieted and eplgrammed from border
The biggest legislation in the progress of the war was committed by
President Wilson to the leadership of
on which the very ultimate of the war
and Chamberlain drove it -through congress.- i
The food administration bill was taken
Gore's, hands and entrusted to the leadership of Senator Chamberlain.
To have been selected iby the president of the United States from among
all the statesmen in congress with a
country in the: prosecution of the war, was a tribute paramount to the power
and the purpose of the senator from Oregon. It was a mark of confidence
that brought honor through Senator Chamberlain upon the state of Oregon.
The recital of honorable and honored service could be Indefinitely ex
tended. It is a record of service that
known names in America, and made
Americanism and the true spirit and
But here in Portland, in Chamberlain's own home city, has arisen a man
Lto be his public accuser, a man who makes no direct charge, but who employs
the-vile, wicked and cowardly weapons
ing the. Chamberlain namje. Hamaker
guise and in the name ofj
And now it! turns out
jury, that he was convicted by a jury
trial he pleaded guilty of violating the
of Iowa. . '!; . ;. I . '
On accusations from such a source. ,
confidence, rest his case
by the people of his horrie state. The
no longer a contest between Mr. Starkweather and Senator Chamberlain. ' It
is a contest between Gilbert E. Hamaker and Senator Chamberlain.
seems to be ; effective.
He usually
catches the limit.
Another Portlander has
also Jlis own
notion about, the influence of a neck
tie over the unseen. If he puts on a
new . necktie I and experiences
smallest untoward happening he will
leave business long enough to return
home or call 'at a furnishings store
and get k new one. He
has certain
to he lucky
ties that he holds always
and wears them to shreds.
Whenever any of three Portland
citizens sees a cat, black1, brown or
wnite, run in front of his machine,
he removes his hat and Expectorates
into it. Had one of the
out hatless, he would
three gone
stop, turn
around and proceed to his destination
on another road rather j than cross
the cat's trail, expecting to encounter
calamity lartner .on. j t
Why don't j Multnomah Repub
licans nominate George B. Cellars
for senator? In the midst of this
extraordinary call for machine poli
ticians as legislators, why don't the
forces of good government rally to
men who have no axes to grind?. In
four years of service in tie Portland
city council in th, old days,' Cellars
came out with a spotless! record. On
that record he is entitled to the
confidence of the people of Mult
nomah county. : ' ' i .1
TO THE GRAVE
UP IN Spokane the cost of dying
is about as expensive! as Its avi
ating brother, the cost of Jiving. The
cost of graves, subsequent to a strike,
has been advanced $7 each L to ; the
undertakers and, as in othelr cases,' the
advance is borne by the '.consumer."
The undertakers were notified by
cemetery associations that prices on
single graves were to go up $5 each,
making the cost $40, 4o and $50.
Children's perpetual care j graves are
now $15 each and family Jlots are to
be sold according to location.
The charge for opening and closing
graves has alsq advanced $1 each, and
$1 has been added to the price of
boxes.1 I - ' I
In these days there appears to be
no relief for the poor old consumer,
Leaping costs even follow
grave. . .' j .
him to the
Arthur W, ijones, candidate for
the Republican nomination, for
county clerk, has an honorable war
record. With great satisfaction to
the government he served in wage
adjustments under the Macy . board.
Because of hi. work he was offered
a higher position in the Gulf states.
but declined in the belief that he
could be of greater service in his
own community. His efficiency is
highly commended. i . r
ONE HANDED DRIVING
I
A CURIOUS crowd 'gazing at the
a wreckage j of two automobiles,
mechanicians summoned frpm the city
to tow in the battered) cars, jtwo
wheels missing fro m jone afld one from
the other were features of a familiar
scene on Sandy road Saturday night
The machines had ground together al
most head-on. j ; , -v .
The pilot of one car had been drivT
ing with one arm. The! other was
about the waist of a young lady in
OR HAMAKER ?
. ' -.'-v;. , u '.:'
innuendq to which Mr. Hamaker could
Chamberlain. Hamaker endeavored by
up In some fantastic manner . with
sought to paint Chamberlain as .using
discredit and degrade him before the
.. ,' i '
upon the honor or the fair fame of
as governor of the -state, and upon
of the record made in six years of
in this overwhelmingly Republican
, . -
any senator arisen in his place and
acts in question. Not once, : until
of the United States attempted to cast
honor.
political contests, his probity and his
until Hamaker. If there had been, one
the house tops. It would have been
to border in Oregon.
Chamberlain. The selective draft bill,
hinged, was placed in his hands
by President Wilson out of Senator
bill of such vital importance, to the
has made Chamberlain one of the best
It a name symbolic of integrity, honor,
soul of the Republic.: ; ; :
of hint, innuendo and slur in attack
is the man, and he does it under the
professed 'devotion to a great principle. ; r.H
that this accuser was formally Indicted by a grand
of his peers, andlthat after a second
solemn statutes of the sovereign state
i -, 1
Senator Chamberlain may, with perfect
jbefore the great bar of public opinion as made up
contest in the Democratic primaries is
the front seat. Bystanders insisted
that he had been drinking." His car
was passing down an incline,' and it
was in the midst of his 'careless aban
don that the crash occurred. Luckily
none was seriously injured. i ;
i Drivers . cannot operate cars in all
safety with one arm. - They cannot do
it even- on sparse trafflo thorough
fares. They cannot have full control.
They cannot swerve quickly in: case
of need and they cannot maintain a
hand on, the wheel and clutch the
emergency brake. Such driving is
haphazard driving. ; 1
Sandy boulevard' carries heavy
traffic. Automobiles are thick" Driv
ers on that thoroughfare must be
in entire control of machines if col
lisions and injuries are to be avqided.
4 june, arm driving on that i highway
and others like it Is a menace.
The Journal is literally swamped
with communications written for its
"tetters from, the People" column.
The contributions are piled so high.
and many of them are so long that
prompt publication is simply-out of
the question. Pressed by the scarcity
of white paper and overwhelmed
with letters too long to" be printed
at; all, the;paper must call upon its
contributors again to write more
briefly, and not to be disappointed
when their articles are long delayed
in i appearing in the paper.1
THE PACIFIC TRADE FRONTIER
THE essence of the National Foreign
, Trade convention was its declara
tion that the center of world com
merce is moving toward the Pacific
coast.
Nothing could be truer. So high is
the credit of China, so stable the
buying power of that great nation,
that the American dollar, wnich j'is
worth $10 in Germany, almost ; any
amount ia defunct Austria, $3 in
Prance and $1.45 in England, is .worth
only 85 cents in China. ; ?
. China could add $200,000,000 annually
to her. commerce with the United
States by increasing but 30 cents a
year the, purchases from America of
each individual, ip that great country.
Through the years during which the
international relations of America and
China : have been formative, ' a happy
succession . of events, such as ; our
policy in the Baxter rebellion indemni-tiesfc-have
made "U. S. A." the Chinese
synonym , for square ; dealing and
friendliness. The mark, "Made in the
United States of America," is the best
selling argument for : manufactured
articles offered in trade. ; f 1 ;
. While both credit and producing
power of European nations have been
seriously impaired by the four years
In which the men and means of pro
duction were devoted to destruction,
China's productive capacity has in
creased more rapidly than In any pre
vious perioa.
China wants AmeFican machinery,
grain, lumber and food products. China
produces a long list of "goods market
able; in America. Sentiment, in China
opens ; the door wide to . American
trade. ; - - " - j ; "j
And uima, tnougn the, largest, is
but (one of the nations ofthe Orient
that extend hands of friendship and
trade across the Pacific to our shores
and ports.
CANDIDATES AND
PLATFORMS IN
. OREGON
Additional List of Aspirants for Seats
: t In the Lower House of the
- legislature.
' Enoch E. - Mathlson jot Astoria, Re
publican candidate for. representative,
Clatsop county, was born at Vadso, Nor.
way, Apru i. xotv.
He was educated in
the common, and
high schools and in
bus iness college ;
graduated from the
University of Ore
gon law depart
ment In 1J15. He
was a '1 u m b e r
jack" for 10 years;
operator of logging
camp 1905 to 1912;
practised law in
'Astoria, the last
four and one-half
ummm
years. He is alHO a candidate lor mayor
of Astoria at the coming primary eleo
toin. ' He was a Roosevelt delegate to
the Republican state convention at Aber
deen. Wash., from Wahkiakum county
in 1912, and sought office as an inde
pendent candidate for state senator,
Clatsop county, in the general election
November E, 1918, and was defeated by
A.' W. Norblad. 1 ' -
In" his platform Mr. Mathlson says
"I will give my - wholehearted labor to
the best interests of my county, state
and i nation ; labor for laws . that will
brine maximum happiness and prosper
ity to' all the people, regardless of their
station in life ; I will labor for laws that
shall regenerate and reestablish the
principles of Americanism of our fore
fathers in the public offices and secure
the blessings of good order and happi
ness in our business and private me.
His slogan is : "I stand for progress,
development and - laws protecting equal
rights of man." -
Millard F. Hardesty of Seaside, Re
publican candidate for representative for
Clatsop county, was born at Valparaiso.
lnd ADril 6. 1869.
He attended public
schoo) ; read law
two years in his
father's office : was
in the electrical
business for 20
veara : has been
resident of Seaside
for four years and
has never been i
candidate for of
f ice prior to the
. rjresent.
. Mr. Hard esty'a
olatform is:
will do my aus, an American citizen.
a- citizen or urasn ana a resident, oi
Clatsop county."
Edison I. BaUik'h of St. Helens, Re
publican candidate for reelection as
reDresentatlve. Columbia . county, was
bom at Macon, Mo., July 1, 1881. He
was educated in- the public schools in
Missouri and Iowa; came west in 1897,
located at Cathlamet. Wash., and worked
in the woods four years ; later engaged
in the salmon bust
ness on the lower
river ; in the em
ploy of the state
of Washington for
four years in the
fisheries depart
roent ; came to St.
Helens . in March.
1907, as manager
of the Columhii
River Packers
association, which
position he atill
holds. ' He has
served as a city
council and mayor of St. Helens, and as
a member of the 1919 and 1920 sessions
of the- legislature.
' Mr. ; Ballagk's slogan is "Economical
and constructive legislation," and he
Bays in his platform1: I believe the
state highway, system should be- changed
so the main lateral roads leading into
the highways could receive state aid.'
R. E. Bradbury of Klamath Falls,
Democratic candidate for representa
tive from Crook, Deschutes, Grant, Jef
ferson, Klamath and Lake counties, was
born at Portland, July 10, .1880. He was
educated , in the common schools at Sea
side, lie was reared on a dairy farm ;
worked in -logging camps and sawmills
in Clatsop county
until 1906, and fol
lowed sawmill con
struction and oper
ating millwright
ing in Portland. ' He
has never been a
candidate for or
accepted ' appoint
menf to any poli
tical office. He is
a director of the
Klamath Irrigation
district, which su
perceded the Water
. Users' association
on the Klamath Irrigation project. As
a member --of the legislative committee
of the irrigation congress, he attended
the 1917 session of the legislature to as
sist in the passage of the Oregon irriga
tion district law. At the 1920 session of
the Oregon Irrigation congress he asked
and received the support of the congress
in preventing the leasing by the secre
tary of the interior -of 10,000 acres of
public land around upper Klamath lake.
which, if consummated, would have
made -the land unavailable for settle
ment by former service men and women.
Mr. Bradbury's - slogan is : "For con
servation, protection and utilization of
the resources of Oregon for Oregon." In
his platform he says r-- "I will work for
legislation establishing ' the priority . of
use of water from streams, lakes and
reservoirs for irrigation, agricultural
and stock raising' purposes, as superior
to the use of water' for commercial
power development ;, for state supervi
sion -of watersheds and their protection
by reforestation, fire control and through
cooperation with the federal government
and private owners, to conserve water ;
for the equitable distribution of high
way construction for Central and South
eastern Oregon,' in order to encourage
settlement and extension of irrigable
areas or the state."
Albert S. Roberts of The Dalles, Re
publican candidate for . representative.
wasco and ' Hood River counties,
born at White Salmon. Wash., April 29
1862. He received his education In the
public schools and , has been a farmer
and stock and fruit raiser all his adult
life. He served on the school board of
The Dalles and in the legislature in the
special sessions of 1898, and the regular
sessions of 1899 and 1901. Mr. Roberts'
platform Is; "My staunchest support to
the government and its Institutions; for
the best interests of the state, and es
pecially of my constituents."
A. E. Shirla of Sutherlln. Republican
candidate for representative, Douglas
county, was-iorn in Butler county. Pa.,
June 4, 1861. He attended the common
schools? and is engaged in the lumber
business. He has never before "been-
candidate for public office. Mr. Shiria's
slogan is : "Less laws, real enforcement.
Will oppose all . bills introduced unless
constructional legislation." His platform
is: "I w-Ul discharge my duties as
legislator according to .my own convic
tions, and the best .ishave I shall give to
my consututeuts.'
. Letters From the People
r rvm m n n ia tinns cent to Th Journal for
publics jon U this department (hoold b wrlUea
on only ona aide of the papery hould not exceed
800 word ia lencth and moat be aimed by the
writer, whose mail addrew ia (ull aaoat accom
paojr the contribution. 1
A STINGING REBUKE
Portland. May ! 15. T the Editor of
The Journal Back to the slave days,
when labor was kept In Ignorance to
prevent it from leaving the- farm, Ore
gon would be led by measures on the
May ballot as advocated by O. E. Frank
in his letter of May 6 to The Journal.
What business has a poor man with an
education, anyhow? Let him grovel in
ignorance of anything better, and he will
be content to wield the hoe. "The col
leges of the country are driving . the
young men from the farms,", Mr. Frank
guesses. Precisely what the . slaveholder
said of education. "They are leaving
toil that produces for toll that doesn't
produce," is another blow in the dark.
Are C. C. Dickson of Shedd and other
college : trained men that - have bred a
strain of Jerseys that holds or has held
eight of the 12 honor records for the
breed in America, out of the producing
glasses? Are the college trained men
that bred strains of poultry that have in
creased average production of eggs per
ben from 90 to 200 in large flocks, out
Of production? Before the trained men
took hold of the poultry and porK in
dustries Oregon was an importer of eggs
and pork. Now she is a heavy exporter,
Science and Industry saved the logan
berry and other fruit industries of the
state, i Sulphur on soils, and silos on
farmsteads, have almost doubled the feed
production , power of the state.
Mr. i Frank's policy would close the
doors of education to ail but the rich
man's sons. If he has a son, is he will
ing to sacrifice him to a life of unen
lightened toil? -Too much education, too
much training, is only another way or
saying too much Intelligence in the task
too much brain and not enough back.
Let all who believe in ! brute strength
alone for accomplishment, of production,
and imposing the same conditions on the
sons and daughters of the poor, go to
the polls and vote against the bill for
support- of higher education, elementary
education, relief of the' blind and the
ex-service men. : Those who would pit
brain with brawn instead of. against it
will do otherwise. C H. Stone,
! Farmer.
"A NOBLE UTTERANCE"
Portland, May 14. To the Editor of
The Journals-One of the biggest ex
amples of political distortion and exag
geration is now being carried on by the
Oregon ian in its attempt i to discredit
President Wilson and the League of Na
tions. I As an editorial in The Journal
of May 11 stated. President Wilson's
telegram to G. Ev Hamaker, chairman
of the Multnomah county Democratic
central committee, was indeed a 'Tioble
utterance." What the president stated
In this telegram was simply a reitera
tion of what he has been fighting for all
along, i It was What he would have said
to anyone that had asked him the plain
question that Mr. Hamaker asked. But
the Oregon ian would have it that it was
intended as a political thrust at certain
candidates for Democratic nominations,
and in order to make, their allegation
more forceful they have narrowed it
down to one candidate; .i -.
That such a clean cuV Courageous and
Inspired statement as President Wilson's
was written for the express purpose of
overthrowing a particular candidate
seems to me an absurdity. But it really
is a waste of time to argue over ' such
a. message. It speaks, for itself. It
should be plain to anyone that the Ore-
gonian is simply attempting to split the
Democratic party in Oregonto stir up
dissatisfaction in the Democratic ranks.
But the claim is so absurd that no one
need fear that it really (will have any
effect on the Democratic! voters of Ore
gon. The only effect it might have
would be to solidify the positive con
viction that the League ! of Nations .is
right -and that President .Wilson is right
in maintaining an absolute, unswerving
position. -An Observer.
!
MILLAGE BILLS CONFUSED.
Portland, May 18. To the Editor of
The Journal Reading here and-, there
about the m Silage bill. I see that it is to
provide adequate funds for the higher
institutions and not to raise the salaries
ot the grade teachers, as has been said
by "many of its advocates. - Why, then.
is it called the children's bill? -
Mrs, J. Smith.
. For the information of Mm. Smith and any
others who may be confused this brief explana
tion is made: There are two measures on the
ballot, harins to do with the slate's schools. The
bill No. 314 which appears: on the ballot as
the elementary school fund tas bill -pro rides a
2-miIl tax for the i support and maintenance of
the public elementary schools, i This is popularly
referred to as the children's bill. This measure
U entirely separate from the other measure
known as the hicher educational tax bill, which
authorizes an additional millaie tax for. the
tTnirersity -of Qrecon, Oregon Agricultural col-
leee ami the Oregon State Normal school. J
- 'i r r ...
! 1 IF NO. 314 FAILS.
! LentsTMay 14. To the! Editor of The
Journal The schools and the churches
are the two great conservators of en
lightenment, freedom, justice and moral'
ity. .,- - : ; !
If the elementary education bill No.
814 be not passed, the jsalaries of Port
land teachers will revert tto the prewar
scale. That means an individual cut of
S400, for. the board can r maintain the
present scale only to the end of this
year, without additional ineans. If the
law is passed it means an additional
tax of 20 cents on tne tnousana.
submit, as a citizen and (taxpayer,- that
we cannot afford to weaken any one
of the great national institutions of
enlightenment at this critical period of
our history. V P. coulter.
THE OUNCE OF PREVENTION NO
- ' " 314. : - '
Portland. May 15. To ithe Editor of
The Journal As the special election of
next Friday approaches too little is no
ticed as to the two-mill tax for the bet
terment of the elementary schools, the
official : ballot number of. this measure
being 314. The amount asked for is
smalt The common school is among the
greatest, if not the greatest, of our in-r
stitutions. This measure provides a di
rect benefit to every school child in the
state, and a dollar spent now for proper
education may save a hundred hereafter
for correction. It is to be hoped that
the voters will not overlook to Vote "yes"
on No. 314. George D. Toung.
WHAT ANSWER? -Portland,
May 1$. To the Editor of
The Journal What, can we say to the
boys and girls who wish to leave school
to work if next Friday we,do not, as
taxpayers, vote for the state elementary
school fund tax? Actions speak more
loudly than words : appreciation of val
ues makes one willing to pay the price.
We pay higher prices for automobiles,
gas, ."Spuds" and sugar than formerly
because we think : we must have . them.
Toungsters " will get the point very
quickly if we refuse to pay higher costs
of education, a product in which there
is no ' profiteering and no- middleman's
profit. ' ' A Taxpayer. .
Olden Oregon
Pioneer Oregon Apples Brought Fabu
, lous Prices at San Francisco
Fruit trees set out In 1847 began to
bear in 1851 and there was a limited sup-
r'y 'rean IxiLlJ xar.-lrj market. The
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE ,
Better clean away that rubbish today.
. e . e i e
Evert self-love sometimes aretn cold
feet. ..
e e '-.
A Door tOlitlJan MtiruLina iwir all Vila
days. -
United we stand, but AvAA w
misunderstood.
It's ' the thine von rinn't iv trial
cause the the leant regret.
San Francisco mrrhanr hflv MkAiiA
the price of , clothing. Trust that the
movement is coming up the coast, .
... .. .
Police barracks at T.lmH.v tiavs Wn
destroyed, a fact that will probably be
tne inspiration for a limerick or two.
The national horse show In nnrlr vav
at Washington, D. C Wonder if there
are any dark" ones among them.
An Oklahoma man ta aab-tns- t9Snn
.
ii uiri m. mm.a who gave mm a black, eye.
..cw iro uiuuBi wmins; 10 wear one our
selves for that. . .
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
There are sundry: ways of seeing ,the
sights of the Pacific coast, but it would
seem jthe best of these has been se
lected by Dr. and Mrs. J. Howard Wil
son of Castine, Maine, who are just
now guests at the. Portland hotel with
their several traveling companions. The
party includes the doctor and his wife
and daughter and Sturgts and Birkbeck
Wilson of Castine and Mrs. J. O. Porter
of Blnghamton, N. Y. The tourists ar
rived here Tuesday from California and
after a cursory inspection of the wonder
places about town they journeyed, to
The Dalles, from where they will re
turn by boat down the picturesque Co
lumbia river. Friday night, after com
pleting several other side trips and au
tomobile tours, not . to mention the Co
lumbia river highway, the visitors will
continue northward, en route to their
homes through the Canadian Rockies.
They are taking lots of time to . their
tour and are' seeing everything offered,
sparing no : effort - they can make - in
comfort to "see America first."
W. Flavelle, Miss Halen Flavelle and
Colonel Conrad are at the Multnomah,
eri route to their home at Lindsay, Ont.,
a beautiful Summer resort, after spend
ing the winter in California. Other
tourists at the Multnomah just now are
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Havlland of Toledo,
Ohio., where - Haviland . is ' president of
the Western Boot & Shoe company.
The Portland hotel is a hotbed for
Hiram Johnson campaign' forces and the
Johnson colony is getting daily addi
tions. Among the : present campaign
personnel are Colonel Harris Wein
stock, former state director of markets
for California ; Mayor James Rolph of
San Francisco, Mrs. Kathertne . Phillips
Kdson of Los Angeles and Mrs. H. A,
Kineajal of San Francisco.
; , ; .
Alfred Buckertdge of Beloit, Wis., is
in Portland as a guest of his aunt, Mrs.
Joseph Hawkins, after touring through
many of the states and Canada and
i branching off fbr a voyage to the West
Indies.
R. L. Chapman.- . Polk county's only
undertaker and the lone candidate for
the office of coroner for many years,
is at the Oregon. Chapman, aside from
his business - interests in Dallas, ope
- IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN ,
I By Fred Lockley i
f Activities of the Parent-Teacher associations
ire here well presented by Mr. ixKjiiey. who in-
-nnrta in his article a statement by a Port
land woman who has been a leader in this work.
When I sat down at the table at the
Benson at the regular weekly tluncheon
of the Roosevelt Republican club last
Saturday. I found at my plate two writ
ten messages. One read as follows.
"Education is a better safeguard than a
Standing army. Ronald Buck, age' 12,
eighth grade, Couch school." The other
was : "Education I is but half accom
plished, emancipation is but half com
pleted while millions of freemen with
votes in their hands are left without edu
cation. Esther Chase, seventh B, Couch
school, age 12 years." j
I want to hand it to the teachers for
putting over a most effective campaign
for the school millage bilL A man would
have to be a, very crusty old bachelor or
a hard boiled grouch to resist Buch an
appeal as this.
While we are on the subject of schools
it is interesting to trace the growth of
public knowledge of the needs o our
schools through the work of the Parent
Teacher association. We " have long
needed better team work by the parents
and teachers. No . matter how good is
the teacher, she cannot overcome , the
influence of lack of home training, f In
the making of better citizens the home
must come first, and the school supple
ment I the work of the home. A few
days ago Harry Kent said to me: "Why
don't you see Mrs. William N. Akers df
Mrs. Edd H. Palmer? They can give you
a good story."
i have seen both of these women and
I find that Mr. Kent was right, as they
both told me many interesting things
about child life and its problems here
in Portland. In answer to my question
as to the history of the movement here
Mrs. Akers said : .
' "The Portland council of. Parent
Teacher ' associations, as a distinct -organization,
has been In existance only 10
years. Previous to . that time the work
of the Parent-Teacher associations had
been conducted' for several years under
the supervision of the state branch of
the National Congress of ' Mothers, of
which Mrs. Robert H.' Tate was presi-
first exportation 'was in 1S5S, when a
shipment was made by Meek & Luelling
of Milwaukle to California. Four bushels
of apples brought $500, The following
jear they shipped 40 bushels to he same
market and received for the shipment
$2500. In 1861 the exportation of ap
ples amounted to over 75.000 bushels, but
they were, no, longer worth their weight
In gold. " : '
HELPED TO WIN THE WAR
From the Salem Capital-Journal " -
Speaking in the United States senate
yesterday. Senator Thomas of Colorado
declared that as chairman of the military
affairs committee. Senator Chamberlain
contributed more than any other senator
to the success of the war program.
"I know- he lived for nothing else,"
said Thomas, "and devoted his days and
many of his nights to the discharge of
his duties. His ceaseless vigilance and
enduring service have Justified the con
fidence of his people as governor and
senator. He has served his country too
long and too well to retire him now. In
saying this I do not mean to insinuate
that . the president's telegram was in
tended, as an attack upon hirn." '
Senator Jones said : "I believe the
NEWS IN BRIEF
; SIDELIGHTS
Klamath Falls - business men have
taken first steps towards establishing an
auto tourist camping ground.
Each of the more than 100 members
of the Salem Cherrlans wilt" assume the
responsibility of enlisting 10 automobiles
for the .Willamette valley motor excur
sion of Shrlners -on June 23. .. .
A new brand of culprit was up before
the juvenile officer af Eugene, the Guard
k&vr in. the shane of three lads, from 9
to 11 years of age.! who had been de
tected in tne act or raiding. m ran
They were rounded up by Deputy Sheriff
uroner wmie in tne act oi cooin
fowL
Thrift story in the Weston Leader :
"Four of the Ferguson boys., young
mountains farmers, have homesteaded
2400 acres of land on the breaks of the
Umatilla river neap Btnaham Springs.
As the boys have , already taken in 160
htar of hornw to naature at S2.S0 per
month each, it begins to look as though
old H. C. of L. will soon have no terrors
for them." . i .
rates a, large' prune orchard near the
Polk county seat.
.Memories of race " horse stories come
to mind with the mention of the city
of Lexington, . Ky.,; from Where John J;
Hutchison comes to be t guest at the
Perkins hotel during a brief visit in
Portland. -
Charles K. Spauldlng. Salem lumber
man, ; is at the Imperial, o SpauldinK
has an active interest in the affairs of
the new Oregon Pulp and Paper com
pany at; Salem, whose mill is under con
struction, and predicts for . the new
plant a splendid. career. -It is' up to the
Suaulding company -to furnish .not only
raw material for the products of the
new mills, but fuel as well. Sawdust
from the Spaulding plant will be con'
verted to the use of the paper mills.
e -
W. E. Swartwood. and William Gold
berg of Minneapolis are stopping at the
Multnomah hotel. Swartwood is sec
retarv of the Minneapolis Paper com
pany and Goldberg ; is an official , in a
large tailoring firm.
Williain S, Sailer, secretary and gen
eral manager'of.' a manufacturing chem
ical firm at Baltimore, is at the Mult
nomah while seeipg . Portland and Its
scenic environs as a guest oi . tieorge
Dickey, the company's local represents'
tive. ; - -. ' ; -. - v--';'"" - ' v- '!
--'I- - " '
W. t- Brunn. from. Holland, is stop
ping at the Perkins -hotel during a visit
in Portland. . Brutin's .particular Hoi
land is ia Josephine 'county village, on
the Althouse river. 40 miles south .of
Grants Pass, the nearest railroad con
nection. i
. a .
John E. Anderson. W. A. Smith and
O. D. Scott are residents of La Grande
who are at the Imperial. From the
opposite side of the state is W. J. Cen-
rad. resident of Coos Bay, who is
truest, at the Benson. At the Benson
also are Mr. and Mrs. R- A. Wernich of
Coquille.
Mr. and Mrs. IL S. McCracken and
Mrs. C. II. Wieienberg of Chicago, where
McCracken Is. head of the McCracken
Box & Label com pany t are tourists , at
the Multnomah hotel. From Urbana.
Ill come v Mrs. Pi McWilllams and
daughter Marie, who are guests at the
Seward. .
dent. . Even
I Mothers formed a branch in Oregon, a
group of interested women, banded to
gether in an organization known as the
Home Training association, had made
some headway in child - Welfare work
and had established child study 'classes
in two or three of the. school districts of
the city.!' r ,':"
"Mrs. J. W. Hawkins Started the move
ment which . has developed (into the
splendidly organized jrarent-Teacher as
sociation, of Portlands and for two years
she served as president of the council.
The aim of the council at that time was
to organize a branch circle in each
schools irk the city- and to serve as t
clearing house where problems concern
ing the welfare of children could be dis
cussed and a closer cooperation between
home and school established. . -
"Following Mrs. Hawkins, Mrs. F. S.
Myers served two years as president, arid
during her ; administration the work of
organization progressed rapidly and a
circle was formed n almost every school
in the city. Mrs. Myers declined to
serve the third term and Mrs. Martin
Wagner was elected to carry on the
work. By this time Parent-Teacher asso
ciations were recognized as an import
ant factor in the community and many
and varied opportunities for service pre
sented themselves. Mrs.- Alva Lee
Stephens; served two years . following
Mrs. Wagner. During her term a great
deal was accomplished by the ' social
service department under . the supervis
ion of Mrs. W. J. Swank. At this time
a circle was organized' In Franklin high
school, which was, .and still is,. th only
high school circle. in the city; The next
president! of the council was Mrs. J. F.
Chapman, who served oneyear. During
her term : the call for war service came
and - the f Parent-Teacher circles were
among the first to respond with . Red
Cross units, war gardens, -War Savings
Stamp clubs and help with whatever
they -were called upon for. -. For the first
time in the history of the association it
was found necessary to hold meetings
and continue active- work during the
summer months.
"I was elected president In May, 1918.
and my year of - service Was devoted
almost' entirely to war work. Mrs. Edd
H. Palmer succeeded me and is the pres
ent, president ." :, -
.; ; , ) . . ', ;
senator from Oregon was mors respon
sible for ! our: boys -being: at Chateau
Thierry when they wens than any man
living." Senator- Phelan also paid, him
a deserved tribute. ; " .-.
If any senator ever earned reelection,
Senator sjCViamberlaln has. If any sen
ator ever deserved the gratitude of patri
ots, regardless of party.-it is Senator
Chamberlain. If - any senator deserves
honor by his party in his state, it is
Senator Chamberlain. v
No man does his duty,, as he sees It,
without making enemies. No mah who
has the courage of his convictions and
the -ability to make himself a vital force
in the nation's affairs, can escape bitter
opposition. So we see a small band of
disappointed office seekers backed by.
an opposition partisan press, endeavor
ing 'to defeat Senator Chamberlain for
renomination and replace , him with a
political - nonentity, - whose reward of
achievement is nil.- -:' r ,". -
But Chamberlain's long record of con
structive statesmanship as governor and
his achievements as senator are - too
fresh Irk the public mind and he will be
renominated and reelected by an over
whelming majority by his grateful con
stituency, i ' . ' - -
, The Oregon Country
Northwest Bsppeninss tn Brief . Form foe the
Busy Header. . 1
v OREGON NOTES
The new edifice of the Dirfur Christian
church has been dedicated. -
The first rose of . thn aoaann at TTood
River, was picked by Mrs. S. E. Bart
niess. -
The Linn County Fair association has
purchased a 34-acre trac t In the city lim
its of Albany for fair grounds.
Rsir. In rHj ln-r Ynlnmhia rlv., val
ley has extinguished incipient forest fires
and been beneficial to growing crops.
The members of Canbv nost. . A. R..
at Hood River, will celebrate the .38th
anniversary j of the post next Saturday. -
The - home of Cornelius Tteierson. a
rancher of Nehalem valley, has len de
stroyed by fire causing a loss of 32000,
Lx-President Tnff "will anoak nn ihn
League of Nations at Hood River Sun
day evening. May 30.
Robert Vfnann n 1 i l-a -nlrl I kfi v- rf
Hoed' River, and Will rH.r an rilrl.-r
boy. have sustained Vevere burns win lb
Playing with powder.
A pall of Smokfl hnnirM ovr I ha 1-nliirrt-
bia river in the vicinity of Hood River.
It comes from brush and slashing- fires
on tlio Washington shore.
Deputy Sheriff SDicer of Clataoa
county has gone to Salt Lake after
Lou 18 Provatarls, wanted at Astoria to
answer the charge of forgery.
W. O. Boiler and T.lriitonant ft T .
Brown, who-left Naches, Wash,, In an
air-plane, landed on Chenowith field near
The Dalles. The jar broke the propeilor.
Convenient train innnwMlrn liiva
been arranged at Baker for those who
ttena the . annual (!attl- and IIni-M
Raisers' association convention at Burns
next week.
The Hood' River Annie Growers' anno-
ciation announces that the last of the
1919 crOD Will not he ahinrwd for a four
days. All fruit was shipped two months
earlier last year.
Five Albanv men will attonrl tho Wood
men of the World convention at Tilla
mook to select delegates from western
Oregon to the meeting of the head camp
at Ueno, Ne v., next month.
.WASHINGTON
Nationalities to the number of 14 "are
represented in a class of 40 In the Car
bonado school.
The Raymond Commercial club is Pre
paring to launch a reorganisation and
expansion campaign. .
P. B. Friedman, a Taeoma lewplr. was
shot and killed by his son. a former serv
ice man, curing a quarrel.
The Near East relief drive In Pacifin
county netted $1550 with neveral outlying
precincts yet to near Irom.
With the organization of a new brasts
band afrWinlock, a stand will tm erected
and a free concert given . weekly.
The entire day switchmen's " forreof
the Chicatro. Milwaukee. & St. Paul rail
road,, at Spokane, has gone on strike.
Mrs.' F. J. Brown of Siokane has been
arrested on the charge of sticking a man
m a crowd with a hatu In. The warrant
charged third degree assault.
The case of Centralia against the
Northwest Power company for a perma
nent injunction has been dismissed. The
city had refused to pay a light bill.
Miss Lucille Helling, city librarian of
Centralia, has been named director of the -"books
for everybody" campaign for
Lewis and Cowlitx counties, whoso yuota
Is $1000.
Patrolman Jackpon of the Centralia
police force has been dismissed as a re
sult of his recent arrest, on the chares
of profanity, of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip
Oswald.
- Subscriptions of Spokane business men
t the $36,000 fund for the second West
ern Koyal livestock show are coming in
beyond expectations according to ths
chairman ot the committee. .
IDAHO
A -SO-barrel flour mill Is to be installed
for the Wilder Equity by a Salt Lake
contractor at a cost of $16,000.
The resignation of V. " W. Simmonrls,
superintendent., of the Lewistori schools,
has been accepted by the school board.
Warning has been given dealers that
where misbranded goods are tllMcovercd,
prosecutions will follow immediately.
Wesley Doe of Burley has set a new
state record In the fiO-yard dash. He
covered the distance in 5 2- seconds.
. The board of land commissioners has
granted to the city of l.ava Hot Spring
a right of way across tale property for
a road.
T entv-one-of the 23 state chanters of
-the' Koyal Arch Manonn are represented
at the annual meeting or the grand chap
ter at Boise.
Eighty thousand pairs of automobile
plates will be purchased by the utatfl
bureau of supplies from the lowest'
bidder June J.
-' The BuUe county land - sale (mi been
set by the board of land commiw loners
for June 18- The sale will embrace -7-0
acres and will be held at Arco.
The Wilder branch of the Sebree Klec
trtc company is now in the hands of the
Oregon Short line. The sale does not
affect the Ilunton branch at present. '
Former Adjutant-General Moody, who
Is to bo sued to recover $1219, alleged to
have been illegally drawn by him from
the state treasury, ' has auked for a
change of , venue to Jefferson county.
Complaints from Drlgprs and nelfehbor
ing towns that state officials have per
sistently i neglected that territory have
caused Commissioner of Agriculture Can
non to make a personal Investigation.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
Seems like them Mexicans Is alius
keepln'. some president or nuther on
the Jump. . I'd a heap rufher set oh a
big, live hornet's, nest 'n be president
'of Mexico, even If the salary was $1000
a minute for either job.
Figures That Show to What
Wool, Mutton Interests in
Oregon Have Grown.
Great oaks from little acorns grow".
In 1821 the Tonquln brought a pair
of sheep "to-a point near Astoria.
There are now, "100 years later, 2.500,
000 sheep on the hills of Oregon. They
produce 13,600.000 pounds of. wooL
The mills of Oregon weave 7,000,000
pounds of Oregon wool annually. It
takes the fleeces of more than 1.300,
000 sheep to keep the mills going In
St, Johns and Sellwood. suburbs of
Portland, and ln Salem, Pendleton,
Oregon City, Eugene, Stayton and
Washougal, the last named being on
the Washington shore of the Colum
bia, but In actuality a part of Oregon
industry.
The-original buck and ewe were
not, of course, parents of all the
sheep that followed them. Jacob
Lease brought 450 Mexican sheep to
Oregon In 1838 ; Joshua Shaw brought
a small flock of sheep across the
plains in 1844 ; Joseph Watt drove
800 sheep to the Willamette valley in
1848.
Both Eastern and Western pregon
are exceptionally adapted for the
production of.-unexcelled wool and
mutton. The molm Western Oregon
climate Is. exceedingly favorable to
wool weaving. The fabric emerges
with a sheen and soflnr-ss surpassing
even that of England's product.
The wool produced annually In Ore
gon brings, the growers about $6,000,
000. Its manufactured value is $10,
000,000. : Two thousand people em
ployed I n the industry receive about
$2,250,000. ,
There Is a great deal of room yet
for sheep raising.- Great ranches
could be cut profitably Into smaller
tracts. Lands logged over could
be. ' seeded and used advantage
ously for sheep. A few sheep, at
least, ought to-be grown on every
farrn. - - .' .-