THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1920.
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THE PRICE BREAK
i yr HOLES ALE cuts in the price of
-; clothing haw been announced,
jr-jies are to be marked down. Lux-
vfes are to cost less. Food will be
Reaper.
Cuts ranging from 25 to 50 par cent
advertised. The- movement is
jntry-wlde. Various reasons are
. "ribed for the decline. - '
t irices are slashed because the pub
o Is tired of being gouged.' Recent
ilnnonstrations have convinced flnan
4!: 1 and commercial men that the do-
(h nd Tor luxuries is to decrease, and
C t the purchasing public will cur
5 ' I use. of necessities to a minimum
51 'ess they can be procured at a price
filch all can afford to pay. The pub
fj; Is becoming less-extravagant. Ra
Iuds have been reduced. Boycotts
fjsve been Invoked and sustained. The
fc'iuper of the public has threatened
slating conditions. ' '. '
"usiness men are shrewd. They
ujresee the possibility of stagnation of
J-sfC stocks. They vision the pros-
' 1 ct of goods lying untouched in ware
Is uses. They recognize the possib.il
Hy of a wave of frugality by the buy
Ebor public". They don't want to be
Hit holding the bag.
i The extravagance could not last al
wiiys; The structure of abnormal
prices was unnatural, and a collapse
was bound to come. Whether the
1 resent movement is the final break
n mains to be seen.
1 is a critical moment with insti
tutions with big stocks, bought at big
prices. They have been under a fear
ful strain ever since the armistice, ex
isting at any (moment that a break
might come. It 1s one of the perils
of business when business is abnor
mal, i ' 1 ':
Both the business world and the
buying worfd will welcome the day
hen life's affairs are back to normal.
Above) $5000 in the cost of con
ducting the constable's office In
Portland as run by his predecessor
,w&s saved by Mark William Peter
non In three years. This vras in the
face of higher cost for everything
connected with the office. How many
public officials can make as good
a showing? Mr. Peterson is a candi
date for sheriff.
OUR ROAD BOND STATUS
ACCORDING to the last financial
statement of the state highway
i-ommission, the total amount of bonds
authorized but unsold is $8,660,000.
This is par value and would suffer a
discount if sold now at current prices.
To complete outstanding contracts the
amount estimated is $7,600,000. This
will leave a balance of approximately
1.000,000; which will be more than
absorbed by administration, contin
gencies and maintenance.
Of . the unsold bonds there remains
in the $6,000,000 authorization $2,060,-
ijOO which bear 4 per cent Interest. Of
the $10,000,000 authorization
beart 4 per cent interest
which
there
:ire unsold $5,000,000. Out of the Bean
narrett bill authorization to meet fed
eral aid there can yet be 6old within
the t.per cent indebtedness limit ap
proximately $1,600,000. These bonds
bear 4 per cent Interest.
Of -the outstanding obligations of
17,600,000 the-amount to be borne by
the state exclusively is $5,599,000. ; In
cooperation" with the federal govern
ment the state Is obligated for $1,278,-
U00 for post roads and $730,000 for
forest roads, or approximately $2,000,-
000. As only $1,600,000 of Bean-Barrett
bonds can yet be sold under the 2 per
.vent limit, there will be a deficiency
of $400,000 to be supplied from other
road revenues.
" If the pending constitutional amend
ment raising the limit to 4 per cent,
or authorizing an Indebtedness of ap
proximately $40,000,000, should be un
favorably voted on- Friday, the result
will '-be that the end of the year will
find the exhaostiop of available funds
except those which flow in from the
quarter-of a mill tax,, the gasoline tax
and the motor vehicle license fees. The
total amount from this' source would
not be large enough to permit of much
new construction. I
So far , as meeting anticipated fed
eral appropriations there , would be
no source to resort to. .1
i As federal" district-attorney, John
McCourt moved forward Jn a straight
course. He has done the same thing
as circuit r judge for Multnomah
county. He does the same thing as
a citizen.; ' Mistakes should not be
made in selecting men for the judic
iary. Fitness, Qualification and prob
ity are above every other considera
tion on the bench. No mistake would
be made in reelecting Judge McCourt
to his . present position, ; He ..is an
honor to ' the bench. . ;
IT'S WILSON FACTION
STILL doing all it can to bolster up
-the waning fortunes of Mr. Myers
and- Mr." Hamaker in their fight -on
Chamberlain, the : Oregonian , refers to
them aa'the Wilson , fiction" and
styles othef Democrats as f.'the Cham
berlain faction."
. Three in a bed Mr.JMyers and Mr.
Hamaker,- with the; Oregoaian In the
middle. And j they are "the " Wilson
faction." If - there were j only room
enough for-one more In that bed it
would be Mr.j Stanfield., : and what a
picture of happiness it would be. But
to keep him out. of sight Mr. Stanfield
is put under the bed. , j ;
Mr, Myers, the Oregonian, Hamaker
the "Wilson faction," all out to beat
Chamberlain. ( They are saving the
League of Nations. They are vindicat
ing the Myers' administration of the
Portland postoffice. They are uphold
ing the Iowa prohibition law.
There are 93,000 registered Demo
crats in Oregon, and more than 240,000
Republicans. Mr. Starkweather, a nice
gentleman, hasn't the acquaintance,
hasn't , an issue, has no appeal on
which to get Republican votes. The
Oregonian's private and personal
"Wilson faction"r-Mr. Myers, and Mr.
Hamaker plan for 93,000 Democrats to
outvote more than 240,000 Republicans.
The Oregonian knows it can't be
done. So It is helping Mr. Myers and
Mr. Hamaker i nominate Mr. Stark
weather. It's the Oregonian's guileless
way of boosting Mr. Stanfield Into the
senatorshlp. j 5
As head of its "Wilson faction" the
Oregonian is a lulu. Its generalship
is perfect, if only the Oregon Demo
crats will come Into its parlor and
be recruited Into its regiments. If
they Join its happy-band In sufflcent
numbers, Stanfield's path to the sen
ate will be strewn with buttercups.
Then Myers will have personal re
venge for the lost postoffice and the
state of Iowa will know that Hamaker
Is on guard In Oregon.
But there ara two Wilson factions in
Oregon. There is the Oregonian's
''Wilson faction," headed by itself,
with Myers and Hamaker on the burn
ing deck. And there is $ great "Wil
son faction" of 80,000 or 90,000 Demo
crats, who, unlike the Oregonian, are
not temporarily for Woodrow Wilson
for campaign purposes, but for him
as the great war president, the! most
conspicuous statesman and truest
patriot in the world. They are the
truo "Wilson faction" of Oregon Dem
ocrats. . j i
"And they are what the Oregonian
styles the "Chamberlain faction, but
who are not a faction at all, but the
Democratic party of Oregon.
Of the many candidates for coun
ty commissioner, but one has pledged
himself, if elected, to use' his influ
ence toward removal of the salary
shaving business from the court
house. Multnomah county can cer
tainly afford to pay its employes .at
such intervals as will save them from
being driven to discount their pay
checks to Mose Bloch. The scandal
of employes I pressed by financial
necessity to give up part of their
pay ought to have been removed
long ago. E. N. Wheeler, candidate
for county commissioner, is pledged
to do his part in driving that scan
dal out of Multnomah county's pub
lic affairs. ,1
HOW HE SERVED
TODAY Fi M. Phelps is! a candidate
for the lower hranch of th 1pb-
Islature from Multnomah county.
Nineteen months ago today he lay
with two bullet-shattered legs in a
hospital in France. Fighting under'
the Stars and Stripes, he had led hia
platoon forward until machine gun
outlets m both legs brought him
down. " I
He was in the Argonne. Phelps and
50 men under his command were sur
rounded. Shell fire poured in from
all sides. Phelps sent out the word
that it was each man for himself after
half the number had been sent "west.
He waited for all his men to leave.
Finally, Phelps started. Machine gun
bullets tore through both legs, crush
ing the bone, I He dragged himself to
a hole from", which he was rescued
that night. For two days he lav rn
blood-soaked blankets waiting for the
ambulance. ; -He
'came ooti of the hosnitai nri
was to be sent home. His comrades
were still in France. At home
a wife and babe. But Phelna HMn't
come home. !Ha went back to bis
regiment he was going to stay .until
the fight was over, even though the
bones of one leg were held together
by: wire reenforcement
Phelps came home after the fight
was over.
He wants to go to the legislature.
Did the people mean what they said
to the boys when they went to France
to fight the fight for the Stars and
Stripes? , '---
THE VETO IN ARKANSAS
DOWN In Arkansas there is rule
by the people, or at least by a
part of the people. .;
Not long ago a legislature, convened
in special session' created an improve
ment district with a commission and
attorneys attached.? A heavy volume
of ; protests was Ignored by the law
makers. ' The people didn't want any
such creation. - '. "'. -V 'l ' "'.
. The commission met for the first
time a few days ago. It was to con
sider an Injunction brought against
the ' district. The courtroom was
packed. When the chancellor opened
proceedings the crowd arose Prac
tically every person was armed. Resig
nations already prepared were handed
to commissioners and attorneys. They
were ordered to resign. They resigned.
Court was adjourned and the commis
sioners left theeity.
It was rule by the mob. a procedure
that has no place In our scheme of
things. - But It Is the result of log
rolling tactics and machinations em
ployed in 'some legislatures. Iniquit
ous legislation naturally calls forth
remonstrance from the people. ;
The -voters of this state will never
rise in arms' and undo legislative
works. But they have been foroed to
the breaking point on many occasions
by political skulduggery-perpetrated
under our present legislative system.
The time is coming" when the people
of Oregon, too, will r,ise. 'But they
will be armed with the ballot rather
than with the gun.
The legislative slate is highly ex
clusive. A well meaning business
man who;wanted good men sent to
Salem, mentioned to a high up busi
ness man the importance of bringing
or' well known and high 'purposed
citizens, and was told to cut it out,
that, the thing was being fixed up
so that men would be sent to Salem
who could be handled. The slate
has been brought forward, and it is
headed by Mr. Day. The name of
Alma D. Katz, who was urged for
the legislature because of construc
tive service he has rendered in the
community, was carefully omitted by
the big elate makers. What is their
game, anyway T
i TOMORROWS MEASURES
KTINB measures, referred by the leg
1N islattve assembly, appear on the
special election ballot, Friday. The
Journal votes for seven and , against
two. Its preference, and reasons are
indicated below: ' ; 5 I l . i-
300 Yes Constitutional amendment ex
tending eminent domain over
j j " roads and ways. . It prevents
j selfish interests from block
ing road extension and there
! by bottling up development.
302 Yes Limitation of 4 per cent state
i indebtedness for roads. This
I measure permits j continu-
ance of road program paid
I ' . for entirely by motor traf-
j f ic, involving no extra tax
i on .property.
305 ;No This amendment proposes to
restore capital punishment
in fae of the fact that peo
pie 6f Oregon In 1914 voted
, to abolish the death penalty
and since that time the num
L ber of murders ; has de-
. '-y . - creased. ; . .. - - . t
306 Yes This measure meets a serious
'i financial emergency in the
administration -of "the Crook
i . and Curry county govern
ments 'and is desired by the
T people who pay the bills.
309 No Successor to governorPetty
- politicians framed and now
. support this measure to suit
1 their own schemes. Let the
people elect their governor.
310 Yes Higher" educational tax.? Ore-
' gon's educational institutions
! are but half supported. The
education of our young men
and women is at stake.
312 Yes Educational aid for returned
! , ! service men. This measure
j carries out the purposes of
the original measure of the
, same kind, which is good as
- , far as it goes but simply
-' ; doesn't go far enough. "
314 Y'es State elementary school tax.
Oregon public schools are
' disintegrating for lack of fi
1 nancial support. To con
i tinue such a situation threat
1 ens the school system; 1
316 Yes Blind school tax. Close your
eyes and Imagine what you
1 would do sightless and with
out training. The tax pro-
! posed the first year for the
.r school Is but one-sixth of a
mill; thereafter but one
twenty-fifth of a mill. J
On the city ' ballot there are
three measures, all intended taJ give
some relief to car riders by trans
ferring charges they now bear to the
taxpayers as a whole. On them The
Journal votes 500 yes, 502 yes and 504
yes.: ,' 1 i ' r -;J
In resisting the late 'petition for
a higher street car fare, Commis
sioner Buchtel returned a conscien
tious finding. On resisting the de
mands of the telephone company for
certain increases in rate, he helped
save phone patrons, thousands, of
dollars. In response. to the request
of the people of Portland and Inland
Empire shippers, he and other mem
bers of the public service commis
sion stood for rates down the Co
lombia lower than; those to Puget
Sound, a position that tends to make
every port on the Columbia, Astoria
included, a stronger" port. But for
that, Mr. Buchtel Is being Opposed
for reelection by an , Astoria lawyer.
Mr. Buchtel ought to be reelected.
- He isn't on the big legislative slate.
That highly commends him with
many people. As a successful busi
ness man on .the best of terms with
his many, employes, he would seem
to be the very best of material to be'
sent from Multnomah county to the
legislature.,1 But the politicians say
he shouldn't go. And the big slate
makers, whose identity is carefully
withheld front the people, 'say he
shouldn't go. But there are many
people who insist that the very fact
that he is opposed by the politicians
and slate makers is the best argu
ment in the. world for his election.
He ' is Isaac E. Staples, candidate
for representative from Multnomah
county.
1 f Communication lent to Th Journal for
publication ia this department ahould be written
on only one tide of the paper, ahould not exceed
.800 word, in leneth and must be eisned by the
writer, whoie mail addreaa in full muat :accom-
pany the contribution. 1 -
A STATEMENT BY MR. MOSER
Senator Moser's argument, subjoined,
in defense of his record, is skilful , and
specious. The -people of Oregon all
know what the midnight resolution was,
the purpose back of it, and what it at
tempted to do. So did the Southern Pa
cific Railroad company.' -
Likewise, his statement concerning the
Port of Portland bill is misleading. It
was introduced in the afternoon session
cf Monday, February 17, with the am
b.'guous title, "Relating to the Board of
Commissioners of the Port of Portland."
It was read the second time and - re
ferred to the Multnomah delegation, en
February 18, where it - was promptly
pocketed by Chairman Banks. The text
and intent of the bill were not known,
even by the newspaper- correspondents,
until after midnight . of ; Thursday, -.February
20, whena few printed bills were
returned from the ' printer's "office. , It
was jammed through the senate against
the protest of the business men of Port
land, and he was only- stopped In his
purpose by the determined fight made
by them. The present personnel of the
commission is due to the fight made by
tfcem, not to the efforts' of Senator
Jtfoser: The files of all the - Portland
papers tell the- story of that affair,
discredit the statement of Senator Moser
and support that of The Journal. '
: Ralph Watson.
Portland, May 19. To the Editor of
Ihe Journal In your issue of May 18,
beginning oh the first' page, and in
prominent headlines, you have published
an article written by Ralph Watson,
which is so vicious, unfair and Untruth
ful that I cannot let it pass unchal
lenged. " Tou and Mr. Watson have
either published this libel through gross
Ignorance of the facts, or else you have
wilfully and .maliciously slandered and
libeled me-i
Tou have again seen fit to misrep
resent both the purport of the so-called
midnight resolution and the time and
manner of its passage. It was carefully
and, well considered by the senate tin
the j usual - course, and its purpose was
to have the Oregon legislature go on
record for the benefit of congress and
the I court, to the effect that whatever
decision or legislation might follow, we
did.' not want these lands to be made
part; of the national forest reserve and
removed from the list of taxable prop
erty of this state.
A sufficient answer to your renewal
of this charge is found in an able ediv
torial of the Morning Oregonian of to
day. . -
This whole matter was thrashed out
four years ago when 1 was a candidate
for renomination to the state senate,
when you so viciously assaulted me day
after day concerning that resolution. The
result was that - the people in Mult
nomah county gave me the highest vote
of all contending for the . five Repub
lican nominations. I have not the time
to go into all these details again, but
will leave this subject with the remark
that you know that your statements are
either untrue or unfair.
In the article in question, you pub
lish this statement: "In the 1919 ses
sion. Senator Moser, in the tumult and
the night of its closing,' surreptitiously
slipped a bill into the senate to ham
string and disintegrate the Port of Port
land commission." This statement is
wholly untrue. The bill in Question
was senate bill No. 290, and was intro
duced by me in the senate on February
17, 1919, or 10 days before the end of
tbe session. It was read the first time
that day and passed to a second reading
for the following day. (S. J., page 226.)
On February 18 it was read a second
time and referred to the Multnomah
delegation. (3. J., page 237.)
When I originally introduced the bill
It contained the names of five of the
eld commissioners and left two names
blank. On February 21, or three days
after the bill had been read a second
time and referred to the Multnomah
delegation, the Multnomah delegation re
ported it back with the recommenda
tion : that it do pass, having elected in
the meantime to fill these two vacancies
with the names of Max IL Houser and
J. D. Kenworthy. In this amended form
the bill passed the senate oh February
21,- with 27 yeas, 2 nays and 1 absent,
tb. J., page 270.) '
On February 21, after having passed
the senate, the bill was Bent to the
house and was read a first time along
with 24 other senate bills, and then the
rules -were suspended- and these various
bills read a second time by tit)e, and
referred to committees in order-' that
they might have consideration, as the
session then had only about a week to
run. This bill was again referred to the
Multnomah " delegation , on that day.'
ill.- J., page 529.) i
On February 25, .1919, or four days
later, the Multnomah delegation reported
back with the recommendation that it
do pass with some amendments, and with
the names of seven cornmiasioners, ; all
of whom are now members of the Port
of .Portland commission, except Drake
O'Reilly, who has since resigned, and in
whose place H. A. Sargent has' been
elected.- (II. J., page 577.) . . .
' On February 26 the senate concurred
In the house amendments by the unani
mous vote of all 30 senators. (S. J., 'page
307.) The legislature did not adjourn
until February 27, 1919, or more than
a day after this " bill had been f InaUy
passed, and 10 days after the bill had
originally, been introduced ' by me, yet,
you untruthfully charge me with having
attempted to railroad this through the
legislature on the last night of the ses
sion; i Now. as a matter of- fact, I had an
nounced through the press, and even
before the 1919 session convened, that
I expected to be the author of a measure
to consolidate the Port of Portland and
the .dock commission, and that I would
confer from time to time with Mr. La
Roche to agree upon a plan of operation.
About ttro weeks' before the session
Letters From the' People
ended, I came to Portland at the re
quest of Mr. Dodson, executive secretary
of the Chamber of Commerce, to attend
a joint conference of the port and dock
commissioners at ' which , time it - was
expected final -plans would be made.
The port and dock commissioners were
not working in such harmony at that
tune as they are now, and the confer
ence resulted in a decision that they
would not consolidate at that time
It was apparent that the old Port of
Portland commission and the present
dock commission never could get together
and here were two contending factions
on the Port of Portland commission,
with the result that tha three mem
bers of the commission who were in the
minority were unable to accomplish any
thing. , I thereupon introduced senate
bill No. 290, for the purpose of creating
a Port of Portland commission who
would work in harmony and do some
thing for the development of this port.
The men selected as the bill originally
passed the senate - were all good - men.
Three of them are members of the com
mission now. The other men. later se
lected, and in whose selection ! took a
prominent part, are likewise good men.
The net result is that because I did in
troduce this bill "and reorganise the
Fort of Portland commission, we now
have a commission which has made
more progress in less than a year's time
toward the development of this port than
has been made in the entire history of
the port. .
Because. I have always taken an ac
tive' interest, and especially in recent
years, : in port development, the ' new
commission employed me as its counsel.
I have been successful in all. the litiga
tion I have conducted for them, and
they all seem to be well pleased with
the legal advice I am giving them from
time to time. There is nothing illegal
and no impropriety in my acting as at
torney for a local, municipality, in which
I have taken much interest, and of
which I am a citizen. - '
Having kept in close touch with all
the affairs of, the port, I will, if re
elected to the state senate, be in a posi
tion to advise as to much needed legis
lation and to bringing about the legis
lation which the splendid gentlemen who
now constitute the commission desire.
Gus C. Moser. ..
BELIEVES LOCKLKY'S THE MAN
Portland, May -17 To the Editor of
The Journal Inasmuch as the columns
of The Journal are open . to the friends
of candidates, I would like to say a word
in behalf of a candidate I have known a
number of years, and with whom I have
had considerable business dealings. - I
have found him an honest and upright
business man. He is not only a busi
ness man of no' mean ability, but also a
large man in other respects. He - has
lived in this state. 33 years and in this
time he has become thoroughly familiar
with the Oregon country. V He has served
on many 'commissions whose duty it was
to investigate different projects and prop
ositiona His writings on a wide range
of subjects are ample proof that he
grasps ideals and considers the public
interests paramount to the interests of
individuals.' -' -:- "1,'5'f
It is through this record that I see in
Fred Lockley a man .of broad knowl
edge 'and understanding a -man who- is
not onlyj big enough for the office he
seeks but large enough to fill that higher
post that might -fall to the lot of on,
secretary of state in the future, just as
it has in the past. This is an angle of
the proposition that should be given se
rious thought. Let us bear in mind that
a vote for a secretary of state Is a pos
sible vote for a governor an3-hen wo
have done this we shall realise the ne
cessity of electing a man of many parts,
a man of knowledge of the general needs
of our state, rather than a man who
may have more knowledge of the details
of a certain office in the state. To my
mind the people could do ho better than
elect Fred Lockley to be their secretary
of state. f , J. E. Bennett.
OPPOSES RAISE IN TAX LIMIT '
Philomath, May 6. To the Editor of
The Journal The question of good roads
1 a live one to the voters of this state,
and we will be asked at the election
this month to amend the constitution so
that bonds may be issued up to 4 per
cent, or 140,000,000. At present the lim
itation is 2 per cent.' In view of . the
fact that the late lamented legislature
passed bills with unheard of reckless
ness, even for an Oregon legislature, and
that the governor vetoed something like
half of the bills passed, and in so doing
won the hearty approval of the people
of the state, is it not asking considerable
of the property owners and taxpayers
to increase the legislature's power to do
injury to the state? All that has kept
this state from being plunged millions
of dollars in debt in excess of our pres
ent bonded indebtedness is the fact that
the state constitution set a limit beyond
which the legislature could not go. Re
member the 110.000,000 road bonds voted
by the legislature in 1919 without so much
as asking by your leave in fact, prevent
ing a vote at the special election last
June by attaching the emergency clause.
Instead of increasing the limitation set
in the constitution, better by far reduce
it and allow a bonded indebtedness to be
created only by a majority vote of the
electors. Better dehorn the Oregon
legislature before it does any more
harm.
As to the necessity of good roads, there
can be no question, but as to the methods
of getting good roads, there is room for
much to foe said against present plana
In 1917 the ! people voted 16,000,000 for
road bonds, believing it was badly
needed. Yet today, three years after
such action, over 83,000,000 of that bond
issue is unsold. Of 810.000,000 which
was said to be so urgently needed that
the emergency clause was attached by
the legislature of 1919, 85,000.000 are at
this date unsold. None of the Roosevelt
htgh way bonds are sold. - Of the numer
ous other bond issues voted by the legis
lature all. are not sold. In view of these
facts, where is the need of the issuance
of more bonds. Evidently these bond
boosters believe that while they are
getting they should get a plenty. . ;
. J. S. McMurtry.
HOW ABOUT THE NIGHT SCHOOL?
' Portland, May 17. To the Editor of
The Journal Portland people have been
justly proud of our school system, with
its wide scope of usefulness, which in
cludes not only the regular day schools,
but summer schools and night schools.
We lost the summer schools last sum
mer, as there were not sufficient fund 3
to maintain them. Are -,we going to
let our night schools go. also? Think
What that win mean- to -hundreds of
boy's and girls who have been forced
to go to work without completing their
education, and to men and women who
wish to supplement theirs. Think-what
it will mean to our foreign born who
are anxious for citizenships Save them
by voting "yea" on No. 314, the "chil
dren's bill - Mrs. William H. Buxton, i
ADDITIONAL- SOLDIER'S NUMBER
t Portland. May 17. To the Editor of
The .Journal I notice in The Journal of
this date that an ex-soldier asks for
votes for the ex-soldiers who are on the
official ballot for the coming election. I
beg to call attention to1 the fact that at
least one number on the ballot who is an
ex-soldier was left off-namely, lift
which represents the name of a soldier
who served two years in France.
The Wife of an Ex-Soldler.
t BY ONE WHO KNEW LOWDEN.
i Portland, May ' 15. To the Editor of
The Journal 'Years ago. In Hardin
county, Iowa, in school work I, knew
Frank O. Lowden, the present governor
of Illinois. I still remember how far
seeing, thorough, and energetic he was
and how very determined to stick at
every task until it was accomplished.
When I read in the daily papers that the
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
Silence often covers a lot of ignorance.
e e .
DlslTfttlnn I. lmHma snnt
of valor. .
e
the last to rise. .
e -
Perhant It', . tu.
the wheels tired. .
e -.-
t ? r"r too lte to learn that it
is best to be early.
If a men has but one shirt he never
owes a big wash bilL
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I Men love to be admired as much as
women love to be loved.
'
Be sure of your aim in life before
moving Into a glass house. .
. -:' . :
A good scare Is of more benefit to
some men than good advice.
The easier it Is to reform a man the
of tener you'll have to do it.
- e. .
The disquieting microbe of love gives
the old bachelor a wlde berth.
There are times when economy is
more foolish than extravagance.
. Thfl man whn to livAMt .4.1- ,
pa thy seldom hands out anything else.
Many a man has been turned down
while waiting for something to turn up.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About own
James A. Farrell president of the
United States Steel corporation, arrived
inj Portland Tuesday from San Fran
cisco, where he was presiding officer at
the seventh national foreign trade convention..-
He -departed as promptly- as
possible for a fishing trip on the Des
chutes river; and is expected back in
Portland with a record catch Friday;
FarreU's companions on the fishing trip,
are C. O. Sutherland, assistant to the
general manager of the-O-W. R. & N.,
and William D. Skinner traffic man
ager of the S.. P. & S. If the fish are
not . Totting in their usual enthusiasm on
the Deschutes the -party will go to the
iHOKenzie river and not return to Port-j
land on til Sunday. Farrell is in Oregon j
as a result of his promise to make
amends for unwittingly ordering the re
moval from the . speaker's table at San
Francisco of . a bouquet of Portland
roses which had been placed there by the
Portland delegation,
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Construction - work on the Lost Lake
road will be started next week with an
employed crew of 15 men, according to
the word Wednesday of T. H. Sherrard,
supervisor of the Oregon national for
est. Two men are now engaged clear
ing around the lake, Sherrard reports.
The Lost Lake project was started sev
eral weeks, ago, but temporarily aban
doned because of deep snowa Sherrard
attended the picnic of Wasco county
stock growers at Tygh Valley, where he
was one of the speakers, before he re
turned to Portland.
The Multnomah hotel is extending its
hospitality to a number of Eastern
business 'men and tourist parties-; just
how. Among the visitors are Charles li.
Ayres, department manager - for ' the
American News company of New York
city, which has a branch in Portland;
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Carpenter and Mrs.
.L. E. Carpenter Jr., and her- daughter,
all of Minneapolis, where Carpenter is
in the realty business ; Mr. and Mrs C.
M. Barlow of St. Paul, where Barlow, is
with the Griggs-Cooper company, whole
sale grocers, and C. J. Litscher, presi
dent of an electric company at- Grand
Rapids, Mich.
H. C Parmelee, editor of Chemical
and Metallurgical Engineering, New
York city, and . Lloyd W. Chapman,
Western editor, of San Francisco, ar
rived in Portland this morning to inspect
local points of interest. Parmelee is one
of the heads of the McGraw-Hill com
pany magazine series. Accompanied by
a representative of the Portland Cham-
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAIl
By Fred Lockley ' j '
The optimist is manifest ia thia article, in
1 wtlKU jar. xv-.mt, wiuiiio - ....
Nitrust that reicu In the world today, but pro
Wredn to delirer a rrmwiial mn. preeeriWiia;
personal aoaes, personalis imaiauwiwi w , -thoroughly
well known but latterly UtU need
panacea, the Golden KuIe.J .
All my life I have been an optimist
My theory of life is that it la more
worthi while to sow smiles than tear a
Being an optimist these days takes
more effort than it did . a few years
ago. For that very reason we owe it to
our fellows to try all the harder not
only to see the silver lining of the
clouds of gloom that overarch the sky,
but to help others see the silver lining.
When we pay our monthly bills we long
for the establishment of a commodity
dollar as a basis of exchange. The pa
pers carry each day disturbing and
alarming headlines. Europe is a land
of industrial unrest and social disturb
ance. Capital and labor glare at each
other across the no man's land of mu
tual distrust- Profiteering and extrav
agance run riot unchecked. Men who
distrust the remedy -of the law take the
law into their own hands. Employers
have lost faith In the fairness and good
intentions of their employes, and the
employee say, "He is getting his. Let's
get ours while the getting is good." The
old-time faith in the integrity of our
fellows seems to have vanished. Pes
simism is spreading gloom over the
once fair sky. ;
.
What is the remedy? The editor of
the Popular Magazine, in discussing the
world's industrial unrest In a recent is
sue, expresses my feelings when he
says:-.'- -'-' ' '-;'-
"America is the hope of the world to
day, not. because of its wealth and
bursting granaries, but because of the
spirit that made us a great people the
spirit of idealism, of charity, of equal
opportunity, of generosity. We here
have the .dure in our hands. It is Sim
ple. Too simple, perhaps, for too often
wrong-headed humanity has found Its
way to progress through the long and
difficult, rather than the short and
easy path. No system of organization,
no political scheme can give us our sal
vation. The scheme, the organization.
opposing candidates expect him to
withdraw from the contest In Oregon. I
cannot believe it, for Frank Lowden
was no quitter, and when he went Into
anything he was there to win. If you
think he Is a quitter it is because you
don't know him. - Mrs. E. G.-Kester
Olden: Oregon
Growth of Stage Coaching, and Mall
. Service, Beginning 1857.
Before 1857, there were no Atage
coaches in Oregon. In this year a stage
line was established between Portland
and Salem. It made the trip In one day.
In 1S59, a mail and passenger coach
ran once a week from Salem to Eugene,
and from Eugene to Jacksonville. Week
ly and senu-weekly malla had, been car
NEWS IN BRIEF
SIDELIGHTS
Having got the night train they have
been working for so lonjr, the Coos Bay
people, the Coqullle Sentinel says, have
begun to agitate for ; mail service on it.
....
C. N. Smith of Langlols, who for
some time published the Curry County
Leader at Lakeport, is now enthusiasti
cally interested in mining, the Gold
Beach Reporter says, and is prospect
ing a claim"near Denmark in the re
cently discovered Northern Curry min
eral belt. , .. . ....
, .
"The mall carriers of the city who
have been wearing : overalls for over a
week In making their daily rounds are
thankful," says the Medford Mail
Tribune, "that tha overfill wearing fad
was started to reduce the high cost of
living and clothing, and on warm a ays
are envied by all . men. ; The overalls
look sensible, are .roomy, comfortable
and cool, and the carriers wonder why
the Postmaster eeheral's department did
not consent years ago to the wearing of
mem on auiy." - .
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This extremely interesting Item is
from the Condon Globe-Times column
captioned "The Old Files," and is to be
referred to a dete Just 25 years gone:
"A Smythe and W. E. Fowlerof Arling
ton were in this section this week buy
ing sheep. They have already purchased
about 1900 yearlings,? paying therefor 31
per head, from the 1 following parties:
Fred Monroe. 700 head ; T. A. Renner,
600 head, and Howard Tobey. 600 head.
Sheep over 1 year Void are selling at
about fi.bu per neaa." -'
ber of Commerce, the visitors toured
over the Columbia river highway
Wednesday.
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Mr. -and Mrs Walter Williams and
Mrs. E C. Shaw-of Dallas are guests at
the Imperial hotel. Williams is identi
fied with the Polk county banking indus
try, in which the two Dallas banks.
owned by Walter's brother, are import
ant factors. The brother is Ralph- E.
Williams of Portland, ' Oregon member
of the Republican national committee.
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Mr. and Mrs. : John Gavin and Mrs
Grace . Gavin . Lewis' of The Dalles are
guests at the Oregon.
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George Forges and B.' E. Borges get
their mail at Chicago when they are at
home,, Just now both are stopping at
the Portland hotel While seeing Port
land. , Porges is accompanied by his
wife; Borges is alone. Clerks at the
Portland thus far have not confused the
names seriously, -i " I-
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The state of Washington has a num
ber of its citizens in Portland today, and
among them are the following, who are
guests at the -Multnomah hotel: W. O.
Bradbury, president of a stationery firm
at Yakima ; A. B. Cade, superintendent
of the transcontitnental freight bureau.
Seattle; E. J. Hayman, Chehalis auto
mobile dealer ; A. J Morley, president
of the Saginaw .'Timber company, of
Aberdeen ; William Pigott. president of
the Pacific Car ; & iFoundry company,
Seattle; O.-F. Mathews,. Hoqulam ship
builder, and Roy H;; Case of the Case
Furnace Company, Tacoma.
ere
- Demoratzkl, head of the foreign
tariff division of the bureau of foreign
and domestic commerce, is due in .Port
land today and will ispend the day, ac
cording to his program, conferring with
local Importers and exporters on trade
conditions. r
Mrs. Frank B. Statler, Mrs. W. C.
Cover and Robert ahd Beatrice. Cover,
residents of Johnstown, Pa., are tour
ist guests at the Imperial hotel.
Ben Grote. prominently known Walla
Walla, Wash.. Tanchjer. is stopping at
the Benson during a business visit in
Portland.
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C. R. Arundell, spfeclal agent for the
general land office. who was slightly
injured In the recent interurban wreck
at Bertha station, ini-which Mrs. Arun
dell and their small fcon was killed, has
returned to his duties at the land office.
Is only the mechanism. The motive
power lies in the spirit of man himself,
What we need are the solid, underlying
numan virtues, tne foundation on wntcn
every successful nation, every successful
business organization;,' must be built
tne . proad numan ana . social virtues,
honesty, thoughtful consideration and
charity for the other 'man, and Sense of
reverence for the shining virtues that
are Mdden somewhere in everyone, a
wishf to give In service as weil as to get
In gain. All labor, whether it be driving
a truck or directing a factory, la serv
ice. It le dishonest If it receives more
than it is worth either in service re
turned or In money for all that money
buys Is service of some sort. In the
sheerest democracy imaginable not all
work is of equal value. Some men are
worth more to the community than
others. Some give more of themselves.
But all 1 work, all service. Is dignified
and valuable. They ; are all stars, al
though they differ in magnitude. .What
we need is the lesson of humanity, the
tolerance and sympathy : and considera
tion for the other man whether he is
a millionaire or a. bootblack. We will
learn it from neither : anarchists nor
narrow reactionaries. We have had too
much of the teaching's ' of distrust and
hate and destruction; : What we need
to learn is that the greatest reward of
life is the ability V to love our. fellow
man., and the greatest :: privilege is the
chance to build up and create for others
as well as for ourselves."
e ,
We must get back' to the solid vir
tues of work, economy, thrift and serv
ice. We must preach and practice the
doctrine of the brotherhood of man.
We must study and follow the teaching
of the .golden rule. We must make the
Sermon on the Mountfa part of our daily
lives. We must realiie that we are not
living for self alone. We must cast
Dagon down with, all' other false' gods
of success and set up. the old standard
of virtues. , 'vV'hen we shave done so
and when we once more take our old
time, pride la good workmanship and
in 'making the world ! a little better for
our having lived In it. then once more
shall we see the sun Shining behind the
dark clouds of disturbance and dis
trust. , , t : . ''r-:-- '.-
ried to the towns on the west side of
the valley Hlllsboro,;; Lafayette, Dailas
and Corvallis but in 1860 the postoffice
department ordered this service reduced
to a ; bi-monthly on. There was a
great popular demand for a daily mail
from Portland' to Jacksonville, but it
was not secured until 1860, when the
California Stage company extended its
operations 4o Oakland, where connection
was made with Chase's line to Corvallis
which in turn connected with the Ore
gon Stage company s line to Portland.
A SURE! ONE
From the Bmltimpre American
Detective (excitedly We have a clew
to the great whlskeytKrobbery, -.
Prosecutor: What' is it?
Detective : There U a man in the neigh
borhood with the D. T.'s.
The Oregon Country
Northwest Happenlnim tn Brief Form for th
iitu? Reader.
OREGON NOTES
A Petition la belnar nlrvtilatei. at TTn.
gene for the recall of K. K. Bryson, a
member of the school board.
Commencement exercises of th Stan
neia hi&rh achonl H v. wAaA t.v, h .
graduation of five students.
Owing to the breaking of a cable on
ID 'drawbridge over the Sttislaw traffic
to Florence has been suspended.
From Portland to The Dalles In 70
minutes by airplane is the record made
by Thomas Fargher of Dufur.
Jesse Ed ward a, founder of Newbenr.
and wife have celebrated the fiftieth
anniversary of their wedding.
,Waier ta delivered to a large part of
the Talent Irrigation district. As a
result, fruit prospects are encouraging.
. Communication by wireless telephone
has been established between Salem and
Silyerton by Clive Scott and OUan de
Guire, . j
..The Brownsville cannery announces
that its policy will be to pay more than
the contract with growers calls for tn
case the price for berries advances.
Joe Erwln of Hood River is recovering
from a bullet wound in the shoulder, re
ceived when he was shot through a car
in the Deep creek section of Clackamas
county. -
All hopes for the recovery of Lester
M. Martin, freshman in the Agricultural
college, who was seriously injured in
the men's gymnasium last month, have
been abandoned. ,
The statement is made that as soon as
litigation Is ended involving rights of
way, the railroad line from Mount An
gel through the Mlnto pass into Eastern
Oregon will be extended.
In the event Roseburg votes to estab
lish a municipal light and water plant,
the Douglas County Light A Water com
pany will ask for the purchase of their
plant by arbitration.
Directors of the Tumalo irrigation
district in , Deschutes county propose to
secure an additional supply of water
from either the Crane- Prairie reservoir,
the Benham Falls reservoir or the
Waldo drainage district.
; , The Standard OH company has ad
vised Governor Olcott that it would
soon be able to furnish gasoline for the
industrial trade, but that pleasure auto
mobiles would have to be content with
80 per cent of their former consumption.
. WASHINGTON
The health officer of Tenlno has di
rected that all drinking water must be
bciled.
The grand lodge 'of the Knights of
Pythias of Washington is In session at
Seattle. ,
Since the first, of the year Centralis
school pupils have invested 34554 in
thrift stamps.
The Washington state school for the
deaf and for the blind at Vancouver
will close June 9.
The Central la Eagles have elected del
egates to the state convention, to be
held at Vancouver, June 23. .
Captain E. IC Brown of Ellensburg
has been engaged to deliver five cam
paign speeches in Yakima valley towns.
At Wlnlock on Decoration day the Civil
war. Spanish-American and great war
veterans wilK" participate in memorial
services.
The men of the Kelso Presbyterian
church are planning to prepare and serve
dinner In the church parlors next
Friday;
John Roth, a Northwest railroad man.
has been appointed a member of the car
distribution board of the interstate com
merce commission.
The commencement address of the
.South Bend high school will be delivered
.by A. C. Roberts, president of the normal
school at Centralis.
The ashes of the late Captain Rodney
S. Church, well known Puget Sound
mariner, will be sprinkled on the waters
of Elliott bay. May 30.
So strong la the lure of other Jobs that
of the 12 mail carriers In the Yakima
postoffice, but seven are regular men.
The others are temporary substitutes.
A Class -of seven will be graduated r
this year by district No 214 in eastern
Lewis county. .This la the largest con
solidated school district In the state,
comprising Morton, Mineral and Randle.
IDAHO
According to the crop reporting serv
ice, Idaho Tost 10 per cent of the 337.000
acres of winter wheat sown last fall.
April receipts ' In the state treasury
aggregated $1,063,094. Disbursements
were -f 1.021.029. .
Enforcement ' of the provision of the
state automobile law requiring the din
play "of the license number on both
front and rear is insisted on by Com
missioner Jones. ,
Governor Davis has appointed 28
Idaho people members of a committee
to plan Idaho's part in the celebration
of the three hundredth anniversary of
America's first legislative assembly.
The Caldwell Traction company has
filed an application with the state pub
lic utilities commiMslon to discontinue
service on the McNeil branch for 60
days to make repairs.
Three state' records were' substantial
ly lowered at the University of Idaho
meet The Iewiston team won th
meet by a score of 60 points. Burley
was second with 24. .
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
Our lodge is so busy givin' degrees
three times a week that the brothers
In the chairs and the degree team ain't
hardly got time to eat. Time was a
while back when If a young feller jlned
a lodge he was pinted out by the neigh
bors as goin' plum to perdition, and
now raisin" the hishyatlon fee to 100
bucks' don't hardly keep 'em from
breakin' down the doors.
A Little Parable Showing
What Portland Handles
in Good White Flour.
A mischievous small boy the other
morning waited until mother's back
was turned and pulled from the bread
drawer oi.e of the loaves that sell
now for 10 cents each. He amused
the neighbors as he toddled off down
the street taking big bites
Now Imagine 2,770,000 small boys
abstracting 2,770,000 loaves of bread
from 2.770,000 bread drawers during
the inattention of 2.770,000 mothers.
Or picture 2.770,000 toddlers hiking
mischievously down the street taking
tiiK bites. - Then you will gain an im
pression of the immensity of the
flour milling business in Portland.
Nearly three loaves of bread a day
for each person living In Portland.
Tacoma and Seattle. JSo one eats
that much, of course. That Is the
reason the mills of Portland send
great cargoes of flour all around the
world to Japan and China, England
and Armenia, t
, Reapers harvesting the wheat
from 2500 acres a ; day, machines
threshing It, and enough cars to
carry It, are required to keep our
mills going. Local mills represent a
daily grinding capacity of 10,000 bar
rels from 45,000 bushels Each bar
rel is good for 277 loaves of bread.
Oregon flour is vslued. H. H.
Haines, manager of the Galveston
terminals, says when he was In Con
stantinople handing freight for the
government the West Plain, built at
Seattle, cargoed with Portland flour
and manned with a San Francisco
crew, was the first American mer
chant vessel to poke her nose into the
Dardanelles since the Civil war.
Needing a tug and finding a 1400
horsepower craft, he found the mas
ter unwilling to accept American
money . because : he "didn't know its
value. But for two sacks of white
flour from Portland he induced him
to tow the ship 100 miles on the
Dsnube. ,
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