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THE OREGON DAILY ; JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1920.
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Damorracy is on trial in the world, on a
more cotomal scole than er before.
Charles Fletcher Dole.
UPPER COLUMBIA SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT is made of a
steamboat service between Port
land and Lewistonj to begin on Thurs
day of nxt week. .
Railroad rates were advanced 25 per
cent during the war. There is every
reason to believe that another heavy
increase is soon to be rrtade.
The upper Columbia river is one
safeguard against the increasing toll
which the railroads sem compelled
to levy. Ever increasing cost of trans
portation by rail must in the end turn
the thoughts of shippers more and
more to some means of relief. In
time inland waterways from which
traffic, so nearly disappeared after. Jkhe
advent of railroads will return.
The neglect of steamboat and barge
transportation was partly due to the
swifter dispatch by rail and partly
to the unfair competition practiced by
the roads. Rates were cut by- the
roads at competing points, and losses
recouped in territory where there was
no competition. Monopoly of river
terminals and lack of facilities at such
terminals were other factors in driv
ing the steamboats out of business.
But more or less of a change has
come over the spirit of the roads.
The lack of credit has depleted their
equipment. They have-not car3
enough. They are unable at all times
to handle all the traffic promptly.)
They are more willing to give water1
carriers on inland waterways a chance
to live. ' T" ' ' -.
Nor are they in position to offer
such destructive competition ' to the
boats as was formerly the case. Their
rates by constant increases have risen
to levels -that should give the boats
a chance to profitably operate. The
changes in-wage systems and the in
crease In payrolls has so advanced
the cost of operation that they are
no longer in position to destructively
compete. ,
The situation more and more clears
for steamboating to come back into
vogue. The fact thatboat lines failed
In former attempts to navigate the
upper Columbia is fro sign that they
are to-.fail m, the future. Traffic that
was withheld -from them In the past
may now be driven to them both by
the inability of rail lines to handle the
business promptly. and by the higher
rates which the roads must exact.
, In Portland and at every point to
be touched by it, business may well
be thrown to the new boatline.
The more Portland gives encourage
ment to upper Columbia, service the
more she strengthens her position
commercially.
The more sh. builds up business on
the. river the mor appeal she has to
congress for further improvement of
the channel. 1
, .The more traffic she develops on
the Columbia the less there will be
to divert to rival ports on Puget
sound. .
San Francisco barbers have found
that haircuts at four bits are more
profitable thanat 75 cents each, a
revival of home made tonsorialisjn
having occurred under the latter
price. '' .
BLED WHITE BY TAXES
GERMANY, is 'searching for new
forms of taxes with which to
raise money to meet the budget for
the current fiscal year. Expenditures
are estimated at 40,000,000,000 marks,
and the Income from all present taxes
will amount to only 22,000,000,000
, Of the 40,000,000,000 to be raised
28,000,000,000 is for . the ordinary ex
penses of government, the remainder
for expenses growing out of the war
The indemnity is not Included in the
calculations. .
At present, taxes are levied on in
comes, dividends, Inheritances, busi
ness turnovers, imports, coal, tobacco,
bank reserves and corporations. A
personal property tax has been pro
posed to raise the remaining 18,000,-
000,000 necessary, but so far no action
has been taken on the proposal.
It was rather an: expensive little
skirmish the Germans started back in
1914. y j ? ; I :-
The Wall Stre'et Journal estimates
that there are no w in the country
7,600,000 automobiles and trucks. By
the end of the present year the num
ber will be increased to 10,000,000.
This means that there is a machine
of some kind for every two families.
Isn't it time ; for ; everybody to be
thinking ; seriously about accident
prevention?
THE CHILD'S PERIL
AN AUTOMOBILE bound south on
East Twelfth street Tuesday was
nearing Division. On tlxe curb was
perched- a youngster in the neighbor
hood of .nine years. ' Proceeding in the
opposite direction was a streetcar.
The car and automobile "were des
tined to meet at a point in front of
the boy. As they neared" each other,
without warning or without a glance,
the youngster sprarjg up, ran in front
of the automobile, and hurled a stone
at the streetcar. When the machine
was brought to a stop, the boy was
approximately a foot in front I of the
radiator. , He was within A2 inches
of what would certainly have resulted
in serious injury" if not death. Only
full control of the automobile, Exer
cised by the driver, avoided the im
pact. Where were-the parents of this
youngster?; What were his instruc
tions at home In regard to play in the
streets? Did his parents ever caution
him about automobiles and streetcars?
Or do they nonchalantly sit by and
allow him j to frolic in the path of
destruction? ; '-
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And have the schools made an ef
fort to guard the lives of the young?
Would it not be well to impress pu
pils with the peril that lurks in the
street? For a time. Lieutenant Ervln
of the traffic bureau carried the carrf
paign for accident prevention into the
schools. It was a good work that
should be continued. And parents and
teachers have not done all in their
power to safeguard children and pu
pils until they have taken measures
to prevent recurrences of the Twelfth
street incident. "
Baker people in planting recon
struction gardens have, designated
corners for , the Red ? Cross. The
yieldof the Red Cross plots will be
used by; the mercy organization to
fill a cellar !from which emergency
needs will be supplied. The sun and
the rain and the blessings nt tioavon
ought to Invigorate such enterprise.
THE NEWEST PLAN "V
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HICAGO tenants have developed a
new wrinkle in camnaiens against
the high cost of living. Windy City
apartment dwellers tiave become own
ers of the property under a corporate
plan. The scheme promises relief
from vaulting rents.'
In one instance tenants
between $80 and $100 monthly for four
rpoms ana a bath. Thev comhinpd
and purchased the building. Forty-
three thousand dollars' was paid down
and $75,000 in bonds issued to com
plete payment.'' Each tenant contrib
uted $1750 as his share of the Initial
payment and $40 per month will cover
interest on and retirement of the
bonds in addition to nntn of ho
v bll V
building. In 10 years the indebtedness
of tenants: will be liquidated.
At that time. each tenant will have
paid approximately $6000. He will own
a sunn apartment. His rent, therefore,
for a fouri room apartment, will have
Deen a trine less than $20 a month
After the building Is paid for, the cost
to tenants will be $5 a month' for up
keep of the building. A board of di
rectors of five will manage th af
fairs, of the tenants.
The plan may or may not be suc
cessful. It is One WV hnu;a. r
getting a dollar's worth of service
ior every dollar expended. 'And there
is no one to tell you to move if
have children.
An Illinois woman ' oftA.
. --. - tvvci J-WIVlIlg
a man to desert his wife and three
children under threat of death, shot
and killed him because he refused to
marry her. They call her a vamn.
It would j seem that she is just a
plain robber.
A. BANKER'S LETTER
: f
nrHE deposits in Fresno banks
have more than doubled during
the past five years, and I have no hesi
tation In saying that this is due to
the prosperity of the community, re
sulting from the organization of the
Associated Raisin company and the
California' Peach ! Growers, both co
operative j marketing organizations."
The statement is by W. A. Suther
land, vice president oC the Bank &
Trust company, at Fresno, California.
It is contained ; in his; answer to . a
letter of inquiry from; The Journal.
He goes on to say : ' '
yu!VZU8i?g raisin a food prod-
by stabtlijing -prizes, growers haVe been
1? rlis .something beyond the
cost of production during every year
Pal8l1 COmpany organization,
and the same is true of peaeh pricea
This has resulted in increased .values for
land, and In improvement of 'the whole
situation throughout the raisin and fruit
growing districts. ' rw ;
There is no hearsay in the above
statement. That bank deposits have
doubled in five years is a fact with
weighty meaning. "That unrest and
aiscoyragement among f tne ; grow
ers has disappeared as another
statement ; In the letter that Is
weighted with significance. And more
to the point, the information comes
from a banker who , has evidently
learned from experience ? that a sys
tem of marketing that is good for
farmers is also good for ail i other
activities in the community. ? ; '
The notable thing in; the experience
of Callfornial is that the business peo
ple have been converted to the policy
of better markets and better condi
tions in agricultural life. Bleeding the
farmer white discouraged production
There wasn't so much farm output to
handle. The farmer hadn't sufficient
capital to work with because profit
were not sufficient to enable him to
increase his capital. Prices were not
stabilized, and he had no confidence
in extending his operations by which
to increase his production, and hadn't
the money with which to' extend them
even if he had the confidence.!
Everything rests on the soil. Every
thing Is contingent on what the crops
are. Lumber helos.; Manufactures
helpl Foreign commerce greatly helps.
But above it all and governing all is
the primal issue of how much the
farms yield and does the farmer have
a margin above the cost of produc
tion. ; ;
Indifference to this vital consider
ation has been the great mistake of
America. Too often the answer to the
farmers bill of grievances has been
go back home and slop the hogs."
TJoo long the question with the farmer
has been What is the price ? when
he went- to buy and "What do you
pay?" when he went to sell. I t
No man or woman needs all day
to vote. The closing of public and
semi-public institutions and i some
private enterprises in observa.ice of
election day is indicative ' of the
slight excuse often required to quit
work. It is also significance of the
direct relation between' decreased
production and increased prices.
HIS BRITISH BACKER
CONSIDERABLE light has been
thrown on the Sims fiasco befors
the senate investigating committee
through the attack of Horatio Bot-
tomly on the United States in his Lon
don paper, "John BulL" j In the same
breath in which the British editor
throws mud at this country and says
that the English should "stand fqr no
more nonsense" from America, he de
clares that Sims "is worthy of the
best British stock." f ;
Here is testimony- from- his own
idols as to Sims' position. There is
no. question1 about it, Sims is worthy
or the best British stock. He was
worthy when he thought the Ameri
can' fleet should be annexed to the
British grand fleet. He was worthy
when he thought submarines should
not be attacked at their bases.
American naval authorities thought
they should. The British thought not.
Sims was also worthy when he said
that America1 need not have a fleet,
that the English were our friends, and
thlat they would always protect us.
Indeed he is worthy. r i j
No ; doubt Sims agrees with Bot
tomly when he says America is Eng
land's next enemy. Was that the rea
son Sims thought we needed no fleet?
Perhaps Sims agrees with the British
editor's statement that England should
stand no more nonsense from Amer
ica, and that America must not be
allowed to build ships J without the
consent of the allies." Perhaps he also
believes that Bottomly is correct when
he says a breach exists between Eng
land arid America because "of Yankee
bluff.", ; i . : .
The same man that has alji these
things to say about the United; States
commends Sims as being "worthy of
the best British stock." The attacks
of the two men, one on America and
the other on the American navy, are
analogous. , ;
If automobiles propelled by in
ferior gasoline have . become more
dangerous to human life than any
other agency, as the National Safety
council says, what's going to happen
when the gasoline gives out and the
machines have to be tanked up on
alcohol? : t j ;
THE HEAT BEYOND
THIS is May. Yet Wyoming is
parched with drouth. The sheep
of several districts, to save them, are
being moved" to other J parts of the
country. -'
. California is stained with the brown
of dry weather. Hay is hastily being
harvested. The sun would rob it of
its nutriment if, happily, fire spared
it.! i 1 - r ;. ' I - :
The v.eather burea;u maintains a
small exhibit station in the Central
park facing" the St Francis in San
Francisco. "The dial there shows that
only a third of the precipitation due
that never,, very moist region has so
far fallen. The dry winds lick r up
the water from the streams, ; leaving
only the pebbles and boulders. Away
from San Francisco, Vhere the trade
winds create daily demand for warm
overcoats, the hat, hovers sraother
ingly. The choking dust filters in
through the tiniest crevices, i
But in Western Oregon the cattle
and the sheep stand in meadows of
deep green. . The mountain sides are
verdant , to their summits except on
those higher peaks ; where the lasting
snows retreat only partially from the
soft caress of summer. Life is - not
brown and old and withered as it is
over the mountains to the south, but
is wonderfully vigorous and- virile.
True, 'only two thirds of the precipi
tation normal to this region has oc
curred since the first of the year, but
that is a promise of sustained fresh
ness for the summer: v
Let those whose appreciation of the
kindly weather of Western Oregon
has dulled take a journey to the heat
beyond the southern mountains.
The "break" in prices has its
explanation. The balancing instinct
of human nature is sanity. Extor
tion and abnormality can never Toe
more than temporary. The profiteer
who has been shearing the sheep
will probably find himself the goat.
TO RETIRE CIVIL
SERVICE PEOPLE
By Carl Smith, Washington Staff
Correspondent of The Journal
Washington, May 21.- Civil service
retirement legislation, after - years . of
talk, is at last in sight- It has been
energetically urged for years by the or
ganize? government employes, and they
have found effective aid this session in
the increased cost of living, coupled with
the increasing number of old employes
who are carried upon the payrolls but
who can not afford - to retire and sep
arate themselves from a livelihood. The
retirement bill passed the senate a few
weeks ago, and Is known as the Sterling
bill, so named for Senator Sterling, who
conducted it through the senate in the
face of considerable opposition. In the
house the same bill has just been passed.
With amendments, which are expected
soon to be reconciled in a conferencfe
committee. The most Important change
made by the . house is in fixing the
retirement age at 65 years Instead of
70, with a further ' provision to retire
mechanics, city and rural letter cai
riers and postoffiee clerks at 62, and
railway postal clerks at 60. The bill
provides . for retention in service for
successive two-year periods of those who
reach the ' rettirernent age without Im
pairment of their capacity, up to the
age of 70.
ThA iYtcnrv rt rtiA hnntu Kill la that
a distinction nhonlrl r m rl ltft wn
employes generally in the government
uervice ,-wno ao clerical -worit in com-
lortabie surroundings and ; those who
lead more strenuous llvps nnrl should
in the nature of things be replaced at
an earlier age by more active men. A
statement was submitted from the post
master general that or 889 railway
postal clerks now 60 years of age or
over, all but 17 are rated as less than
wholly efficient.
Heads of erovernrhent r1prarrmntsj
nave almost without exception recom-
TriAnrifd rot trdm n f lAtrfalatinn i Thav
have generally taken the position that
they will not discharge ; old men and
Women who havp sprvorl faithfully fnw
many years because they are less ef
ficient, but that it is the duty of con
gress to provide a retirement fund, con
tributeo partly by the government and
Dartlv bv thA Amnlnvm itnrlAt xx-Vi i-.
such employes can quit without fear of
pecoming dependent upon charity. The
pension , commissioner reported only a
few daVS asro thaf of 844 mnlnn in
the pension office here 27 are over 80
years of age, 78 are between 75 and
80, 91 between 70 and 75 and 86 are
between 65 and 70. showine-
mately one-third ; of : the employes are
wiuiin reuremenf age, and a consider
able number of them not longer capable
of doing much, work; .
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Payments bv thA crnvei-nmsnr fnr tViQ
first few years will be small, increasing
gradually until the "nk" is r.rhH
in 40 or . 50 years, when the fund will
De xairiy stabilized between public and
employe navmenta. The nln
a maximum annuity, dependent upon
lengxn. oi service and salary, of $720,
ana a minimum or ?180. It is con
tended by Senator Sterling and other
advocates of the bill that the govern
ment, will gain in increased efficiency
much more than It pays out . toward
establishment of the retirement system.
Letters From the People
f Communication ent to Th Journal for
publication In this department should be written
, orjly one aide of the paper, should not exceed
80O words in leneth and must be signed by the
writer, whose mail address in full must accom
pany, the contribution.
GOD, AND MAN'S GODS
Vancouver, Wash., . May 16. To the
Editor of The Journal Through your
magazine section you today present 'a
very interesting article concerning the
murder of Dr. Markoe within the hal
lowed precincts of the house of God. It
is composed of a number of answers to
the question, -'Must we believe that we
need not expect divine Intervention un
der any circumstances?"
Now the question is less puzzling than
re the answers which have been of
fered. These answers all appear to
come from religionists who accept the
idealistic, or Hebrew, God as supreme.
The question is old. Some three yearn
ago it was, "Does God sanction war?"
Some three score years ago it was, "Why
did God permit the crucifixion of
Christ V In 'each case the misunder
standing arises from the fact that there
Is more than one God. There is one
natural God, who is, was and shall be
coeternal with .Infinite existence, and
there are scores of idealistic or man
made gods Who differ in exact propor
tion with the mental concept of their
creators. The natural God rules nature
and all that is therein. He is no re
specter of person, place or thing. To
Him all was, is and shall again be dust i
and dust is but dust, and all dust is
alike. The hailstone kills the ant, the
ox treads on the- worm, a president is
shot, a king murdered and an emperor
is slain. Dust they were, and unto dust
they must return. ; This lord of nature
is a God "and a great king above all
gods ; in his hands are all the corners of
the earth, and the strength of the hills
is His also." We wonder not ' when
drouth destroys the meadow grass, nor
are we surprised when storms tear the
leaves from the trees. Then why be
dismayed at one, 1000 or 1.000,000 men
perishing That which- Is to be will be.
and that which Is. is best. The God of
nature follows the course of-least re
sistance and takes the most direct ;oad
to His goal and none but the self-conceited
imagine that they know His ways.
s : J. Harold.
THE LABORER ON THE FARM
Hubbard, May 10. To the .Editor of
The Journal To illustrate the general
proposition that -1 stated in my com
munication a few days ago. I ask to
present the contrasted experiences of
two men working out of Portland. They
go down to the "slave market" on Sec
ond street, Ankeny to touch. The labor
shark at least treats them impartially,
and skins them alike out of 12.50 or $5,
whatever they look like ; but Jack takes
a job in a logging camp, while Bill goes
on a farm. Jack will have a comfort
able bunk In which to spread his blank
ets, a good drying room in which to
hang . his wet clothes and boots. His
food will Jlkely be plain, but plentiful,
well cooked and in good variety. He
can take a shower bath when he wants
to. ; In the evening he has from two to
three hours to read magazines with men
of his own- kind. He knows that as
long as he does his day's work and the
foreman is not splitting fees with the
labor agency -his Job is good while the
camp runs. If he goes to a local enter
tainment he is as much In demand as
the camp foreman or super. In short,
he is a man and treated as such.
Meanwhile, what about Bill? He gets
out to the farm. Most likely, he has to
spread his blankets in the hay barn ; or,
if he has a bunk, it Is some outhouse,
fragrant of last year's onions and super
annuated spuds, or used as. a storehouse
for ; tools. If he wants to dry his
clothes he can wait till the sun shines,
as the lady of the house will not have
"those things" around. He will be do
ing chores from one and one half to two
hours before breakfast, and the same
after supper. If he wants a bath he
can go to the creek.! Kxcept to tell him
to do something, no one will ever talk
to him. If he goes to a dance they may
take his money, but he will soon be
shown that he is not wanted. His food
may be plenty and i well served or the
reverse. I spent four . months on one
farm, : where we had fried bacon - and
potatoes on the table 360 times during
that term. I though I realized part of
the1 reason for the troubles of Ireland,
There may be - plenty of papers ; and
magazines in the living room, but Bill
will never get a chance to see one, even
if he has a spare hour. As to his ten
ure, as soon as the Immediate . rush is
over he will likely be given a check and
told he is not needed for a couple of
weeksJ There may' be a job open on
the next farm,' but the only way Bill
can find it out is to go to town and pay
for the information and,: incidentally,
spend his wages for the human com
panionship he has been cheated out of.
I know there are many farmhouses
in Oregon where the hired man Is a
human being and treated as such, but
several hundred ought-to-be farm hands
will ' claim' I hit the same place they
did. A Working Worker-
WHO STARTS FOREST FIRES?
Coquille, May 12.iTo the Editor of
The Journal Now Is the time of year
when every precaution is being taken to
avoid forest fires. Warnings are tacked
on , trees in public camping places and
along the highways. This is all very
good. In fact, it Is hard even to Imagine
the makeup of a person who will, out
of pure cussedness, apply the match that
will destroy millions of feet of the finest
lumber. Yet there are such -people.
True, some fires are no doubt started
through carelessness perhaps the drop
ping of a lighted maVh or. the butt of.
a burning cigarette -or cigar.
It is strange that j the public seems to
labor under the impression that hunters
are responsible for forest fires. Why Is
this? Fttr weeks before the hunting
season opens fires will be raging. Can
these fires be laid at the hunter's door?
If it happens to be a dry season. Just
as : sure as the hunting .season opens
people . who own big timber interests
will flood the governor with telegrams
asking that the season be closed and not
to let the hunters go Into the woods
until a heavy rain has fallen.
Why pick on the hunter? Most hunt
ers love nature. Show me the hunter
that is careless with his campfire. Show
me the hunter that; will not cooperate
with a fire warden! to help keep down
the fire menace. Why should a hunter
set. fire to the woods that serves as
protection to the game he is so fond
of hunting. ! v
If' the' hunters are to be kept out of
the woods,- why not keep the tourists out
of the camping grounds. Couldn't a
tourist start a fire as easily as a
hun.ter? They who come from' an open
country do not understand the fire dan
ger like a native son does. But even at
that I do not believe any Of the fires
tgre started by tourists. Lang Leneve.
THE CHARGES AGAINST POST
Portland, May 11. To the Editor of
The Joumal-r-It is vstfth much interest
and concern that I have beeni reading
the reports of thel investigations in con
gress of the charges! of neglect of duty,
of unfairness and of favoritism toward
the foreign communists. Ion the part of
Louis F. Post, assistant secretary of
labor.: I have known Mr. Post a num
ber of years and if there is to be found
a 100 per cent American, Mr. Post is
that American. His ; speech to labor at
the city Auditorium during the j war
period was an; earnest appeal to work
ing men to be loyal to our country and
our institutions and do their : part In
winning the great war, believing that a
greater democracy would prevail after
the war was over. .! For 20 years his
magazine. The Public, has been a classic
production, dedicated to truth ajnd to
reliable data, and it has- been an in
spiration to its devoted subscribers. I
once, heard Mr. Post say during the Boer
war agitation, "I believe England and
America have the best governments on
earth, but the Boers don't think as I
do, so we must allow them the right to
express 'their own ideas of government,
just as we exercise that same privilege."
He thus showed his fairness and love of
liberty for the weaker nations as well
as for our own. ' I ;.
A constitutional-lawyer, an able writer
and an orator, and with a determination
to see fair play given to all men regard
less of class or .nationality. Louis F.
Post. I believe, will be exonerated and
restored' to his place in the national life.
Christina II. Mock.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
The sugar trust's able to give the
Standard Oil a big start and then beat
it ; collectin charitable contributions
from the people of these United States
of Ameriky. I - '
Curious Bits of Information
'For the Curious !
Gleaned From Curious Places
There is a creeping moss " found in
Jamaica, in Barbados 'and other Islands
of the West Indies which Is called the
"life tree," or, more properly, the "life
plant." Its powers of Vitality are said
to be beyond those of any other plant
It is believed to be indestructible by any
means except immersion in boiling water
or the application of a redhot iron. , It
may be cut up and divided In any man
ner and the smallest shreds will . throw
out roots, grow and bud. The leaves of
this extraordinary plant have been
planted in a close, airtight, dark box.
without moisture of any sort, and still
they grew. ..:.--'' I " -
Olden Oregon
Progress of an Immigrant Road Lo
cating Party in 1851.
The legislature of j 1851 authorized a
company of seven men, composed of
William Macey, John Diamond, W. T.
Walker, William Tandy, Alexander
King, Joseph Meadows and J. Clarke,
to explore an immigrant road from the
upper end of the Willamette valley to
Fort Boise; at an expenditure of $3000.
The party proceeded up the middle fork
of the Willamette by what was later
known as the military road. 1ie party
named the peak south' of the pass,
Macey. ,It later became Scott peak.
Crossing the summit of the Cascades the
party proceeded down a small stream to
Its junction with the Deschutes river,
which flowed to the mouth of Crooked
river, from which point the party trav
eled east to the headwaters of Mal
heur river. The butte which here seems
to terminate the Blue mountains
named King peak. '
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
The man who thinks he knows ItS aU
is well thought of by himself.. '
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T5f UBP'" '"ill soon be over for
candidates as well as for elector.
--.'a
MfE,was a Pent man. but he has no
record as a successful fisherman.
v.yway' ,?ffeated. candidates will have
very plausible explanations of "how it
happened." .
. - As a contemporary remarks there can
?? ,aoubt tnat the navy submarine
la one of the real dogs of war.
,5?wUfed to. 'popular election day
f ViWaltfor the closing of the polls
t?"1 S" b.arS m'sht open. But that
was a long, long time ago. -
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sie,tit claims to have found a
U!f. . m,of extracting sugar from saw.
"ft- Maybe that's why we so seldom
see it now on the meat market floor.
MORE OR LESS PERSQNAL
Random Observations About! Town
Portland, hoping that the 1920 census
will give her a population above 325.
000, can get satisfaction from R. L
Polk, publisher of directories, if the
census falls down , about 25,000 on en
thusiastic estimates. Polk, who has
spent many years at the business of
publishing city directories here and else
where, declares that directory and cen
sus enumerations cannot possibly be an
accurate count. Polk has been spend
ing several days in Portland, where his
company maintains an office. "All the
people canot be counted in a census,"
Polk said, "because the work is done
too hurriedly by enumerators who are
not trained for their work. Enumerators
are not adequately paid, and.it is in
evitable that they, would shirk in the
bard places. The city directory, which
doesn't purport to contain the name of
every resident' is as good a census as
any when its findings are multiplied by
the proper averages." -.
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Fred Ames,' assistant district" forester,
and F. H, Cleater, forest examiner, have
gone to the Santiam national . forest,
where C. C. Hall is supervisor, to lay
out a strip of timber on either side
of the new road to be built from Gates
into Breitenbush Hot Springs. The tim
ber will be held in reserye for scenic
purposes arid sites will be located therein
suitable for camping places for pleasure
seekers.
I Captain A. E. Burghduff, state .game
warden, and R. E. Clanton, superin
tendent of state hatcheries, have : re
turned to Portland after making an in
spection of fish ladders at the Ament
dam on the Rogue river and the Win
chester dam on the Umpqua river.
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"I've been in Paradise and can tell
you all about it. - In fact, I live in Para
dise," declares O. J. Donovan, who is
a guest at the Benson hotel from Para
dise, Mont.
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Colonel J. W. Siemens of Klamath
Falls, where he is a banker, is at the
IMPRESSIONS AND! OBSERVATIONS
' OF THE JOURNAL JViAN
By Fred
f Old Man Opportunity is about the easiest
mark in the world, if you only know the old
chap when you .meet him in the road, aa ia
attested in the tale -Mr. Locklar today tells,
quoting; a sapient salesman who once cleaned
up 920,000 on two little deTicea on which the
men be bought them of were slowly Marring
to death. !
There are some men who are never
down and out. No matter how hard they
fall, -they have the; faculty of lighting
on their feet. This happy faculty is
largely a matter of training. It is a
matter of observation and determination,
which comes from seeing and seizing the
opportunity.
- A few days ago, Leslie Cranbourne,
social secretary of the Y. M. C. A., and
I were discussing the subject of initi
ative and stick-to-itlveness. We were
speaking of people who snatch victory
from defeat. Mr. Cranbourne laughingly
told , me of various times when he him
self had been up against it, and how
he had grabbed the opportunity and
made it yield success. .
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"When I was 18," said Mr. Cran
bourne, "I was seized with the wander
lust, and started to see the world. On
board the steamer on which I was a
steerage passenger' from Australia to
Vancouver, B. C were a large number
of Australian miners going to the newly
discovered Klondyke gold fields: I took
the gold fever, bought an outfit, secured
dogs and struck Skagway a day or two
after the big slide at Sheep camp, where
so many men lost their lives. Sizing
up the situation, I found that about one
miner in 100 made - a stake, and the
other 99 did well .to break ey.cn. I
decided to go into something that was
less of a gamble, so I sold my outfit
and went to Victoria.
"Some people are natural salesmen.
I guess I am one of the number, for
I love .to go up against a difficult propo
sition. I wanted to. be on 'my own
and not be taking a. salary from anyone,
so I went to F. R. Stewart & Co. and
told them I would . bring in customers
to outfit for the Klondyke If they would
pay me a commission of IS jper cent on
the amount of each bill sold. They
agreed. I at once hired runners to
meet every boat and to cover the hotels.
This put me In touch with many Alaska j
parties. I had cards printed with my i
name as manager of the Alaska Out-j
fitting company. I made arrangements
with a hardware firm and with a gun
store, so that I, could outfit parties com
pletely. One -day "I met the leader of
a party of 40 men.' He was intrusted
with, securing an outfit for the whole
party. I took him to Stewart & Co.,
where he purchased provisions for a
year's stay in Alaska. I took him to a
tent' company, and to a- firm that han
dled firearms and ammunition. For the
next five months I worked 2 and 15
hours a day, and at the end - of the
time I had $5000 in the bank to my
credit. I found I had all the money
I needed to make a trip around the
world, so I started ouc "
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"After seeing a lot of the world I
found myself in Boston, at the beginning
of winter. I had a spring suit, a good
overcoat, a fair revolver and $2 in cash.
I knew I -couldn't travel far on that
amount, so I pawned my coat and gun
for $6. I secured a room at a good
hotel., then sent out for the papers
and looked through them ' to see what
opportunities I could find. There seemed
to be nothing doing in that line, so 1
walked down- one of the main business
streets to see what I could see. I saw
in the window of a book store tn at
tachment to fasten to a telephone, on
which notes could be written and on
which the telephone directory could be
hung. I stepped in and asked the price.
The clerk said. ; We-re selling them at
a dollar, but there ts practically no sale.
I guess we are stuck. We paid 50 cents
apiece for them and have a lot on hand..
X threw down a half-dollar and aaid,;
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NEWS Il4i BRIEF
SIDELIGHTS
Fifteen to 20 farmers in the Sisters
district, the Bendi:Press says. Intend to
build silos this year.
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Astoria's civic penter commission is
taking steps toward the establishing of
three public playgrounds. .
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"You may not'1! know,"- remarks the
Bend Press, "thati 'there is boat building
going on in Bend. A. J. Tucker has
Just finished two f of the neatest looking
little river fishingasmacks you ever saw
at his Greenwood! avenue shop. Shep
herd, the music dealer, is going to have
one. and the other will probably be
paddled by Daddy Tucker himself..
' Sanitary warnittg -sounded by the Co
quille Sentinel : "Reports that the reser
voir where the supply line on Walker
creek starts is nft fenced and that the
drier the weather! gets the more cattle
will be getting tnfe first chance at our
pure mountain wajter are not enjoyed by
our peoples A tJ.$ut fence seems- to be
called for there.'! j
Imperial hotel,
city are J. M.
Umpqua Valley
Other bankers , in the
ijiorne, cashier of the
Jink at Roseburg, and
CHve. J. Jaffray.j
president or me r irst
National bank tt Minneapolis, Minn.
Thome and Jaf
ray are at - the Mult-
nomah.
Corvaliis sends! C. O. Lauritzen to tell
Portland all abejut the Benton county
city, where a "sjirlt" has descended to
awaken the collete town to new activity.
A j350,000 1 hoteU; financed by Corvaliis
capital, will . bli - under construction
within three months, according to Lau
ritzen, who is executive secretary of the
Cqrvallht Commercial club, and ' when
that is ready ai hospital, and later a
community housej will be built.
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John A. Gellaifey of Wenatchee will
be the next governor of 'Washington ... if
John A. has anything to say about it.
Only eight other men want the Job,
so Oellatley believes his Ichanoes are ex
ceptionally good.'j Gellatley was at the
Hotel Oregon Wednesday evening, fol
lowing a speechmaking visit at , Van
couver, Wash., arid left early Thursday
to continue his gubernatorial campaign
in; his home state, '
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With the aid of; funds that are rapidly
amassing as thp: result of the recent
financial campaign, Willamette univer
sity at Salem promises to enter into a
new era of usefulness, according to Carl
G.i: Doney, president of the Methodist
school, Doney : j&as a guest Thursday
atj the Seward Ijftel.
Tourist parties! fegistered at the Mult
nomah hotel Thiirsday are from Akron,
Ohio, and St. FHul, Minn. The Akron
party includes John Gardner, J., Marie
and Mrs. - J. B. Gardner, while those
in; the St. Paulj" party are ' Victor M.,
Giles J., Florence Mrs. Ei and Moreen
EJ Gardie. . j f
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Dr. and Mrs. j. T. Walls of Powers,
Or are stopping at the Imperial hotel
during a brief visit in the cit-.
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Lockley
Til buy one tit that figure, and . I may
buy all of them.' I walked into airl
Office a few doors farther on and said,
"I j want to use jrour telephone." I fas
tened the appliance to the telephone. The
manager was curious, so I demonstrated
the value of th Ik accessory, telling him
the price was i. He immediately pro
duced the dollar.! t went back and bought
two more, selling both of, them in the
next few minutia. At the end of the
week I had bought all the store had
and I had $150 'jto show for my work.
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"'From Boston I went to New York
city. I happened to drop Into an auction
of; Oriental goods at Fourteenth street
and Broadway. !; During the auction I
saw a foreigner; take from his pocket
a t metal case, j'iinscrew the top and
light a cigarette! from the little flame
that Instantly appeared, apparently from
nowhere. . I.sawfa million dollars in it.
I went over to him and casually asked
to examine It, He spoke broken Enir
lish. It,, was thjs first clgaF lighter I
ever seen, t r ine aeoaorizea, wood
alcohol Ignited when the cover was re
moved. I found out from my new
acquaintance that he lived in an East
Side tenement house. I walked with him
to his room. ; Ha told me he had brought
a large numberHof these cigar 'lighters
from Hamburg, ' where they had just
made their appearance, but that he was
unable to introduce them, was broke
and did not knw how to dispose of
them.. He had ald 15 cents, but was
willing to dispose of all he had at 10
cents apiece. 1 1 made an appointment
to I see him next day. I went into a
score ; of hardware stores and ' cigar
stores taking . to buy a cigar lighter.
None of them - ever . had heard -. of .such
a thing. I wen: to a lawyer, showed
him the cigar , lighter, told him what
a fortune there was In it, and asked
him if he could feet the capital tb take
it up in a big jway. , He told me to
buy all the stocft the German had and
to get the address of the firm In Ham
burg that manufactured them. He se
cured the monejf for me and we went
into partnership Ion a 60-50 basis. He
wrote to Hamburg .and secured the
agency for the United States.
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. "A few days after I had secured these
cigar lighters thjere was an automobile
show at Madisrjn Square Garden. I
hired several atttctive girls to sell them,
and rented a both. We put the cigar
lighters on sale kt $1 each. We figured
that during ithe eek we should be able
to disposer of them. They lasted an hour.
Talk about 'selling like hot cakes, We
had hot cakes featen all hollow, ;. We
had made a contract to secure the cigar
lighter In Hamburg in- 1000-gross lots
at 1 15 cents each. The , lawyer and I,
from our profits and from money the
lawyer . secured j at the bank, sent a
check for a large amount to Hamburg,
Meanwhile, we : established agencies at
Detroit, Chicago and other Eastern
cities. I arranged to have-a booth at
the Chicago Colfeeum for the big auto
mobile show. jigt as we had started
up in good shap4 the authorities forbade
us to- sell them, en the ground that they
were not an 'automobile accessory. I
got in touch with the directors and
showed them that these lighters were
invaluable to automobile -men to light
the calcium carfdde lights of the ma
chine, that belflg before the day of
the electric ligtt for autos. so they
reversed their decision and I cleaned up
$3000 during, the week.
"X expected tofmake at least' $500,000,
but; through sotbe . oversight the Ger
mans had not protected the patent in
the. United States, and others began to
manufacture them in a big way, so we
decided to quit.?. We had $15,000 as a
result of our three months' work, which
I .decided was enough to take me around
the. world agatji. I r visited Chicago,
Boston. Detroit, San Francisco and a lot
of other cities fnd then decided to see
South America.' j. v
The Oregon Country
Northwest Happenlnsa in Brief Form for' the
, Busy Header.
, OREGON ,
The shortage of gasoline on Coos bay
Is becoming serious for several classes
of industry.
Owing to the increase of business the
Baker postoffiee will be made an office
of the first class July 1.
Frank O. Worley died at his home In
Roseburg at the age of 89 yearn. He
settled on South Myrtle creek. In 1819.
Taxes In the total sum of $153,914
have been collected by Sheriff Kendall
on the 1919 assessment roll of Linn
county.
The senior class of the University of
Oregon made approximately J300 ,not
out of its presentation cf "The Man on
the Box." ; -
City Superintendent Kirk 'and Princi
pals Moore and Knight of The Dalles
public schools have been reelected for the
coming year.
Three gold migBel" have ;been found
in the craw of a duck by Mrs. J. Q.
Rodgers of Albany. The nuggets are
worth about J3. 1 ;
Improvement of the North Umpqua
hatchery will soon bepin. Only a part
or the work will bo completed owinu to
lack of funds.
Ed Halversen. a t aiu her ' near Ben. I,
has been bound over- to the graml Jury
on the charge of assaulting U. W. Brown,
an aged neighbor. -
Major William G. White of the Kn
eral staff of the national guard in con
valescing at his home in Kugerie. froirt
Injuries received in an automobile col
lision. .
Hal Hibbard camp. Spanish War Vet
erans, of Salem, has gone on record
opposing the proposed pardon of Henry
Albers of -Portland, convicted of sedi
tious utterances. .
While working at a logging camp on
Grays river Lowell Davis caught his
hands in a trip block.' Seven of his fing
ers had to be amputated.
Dewey Griffin, aged 22 years, who
lives on the McKenzle river, is reported
to be missing from his horme; It is feared
he has met with an accident or taken his
own life, as he has been in 111 health for
some time.
Total price Increases In living neces
saries averaged less in Portland during;
the period between December, 1914, and
December 1919. than they did In Seattle,
Los Angeles or San Krancl.sco, according
to the U. S. department of labor.
When Ida M. Garrett and Mrs. If. A
Sauna of Salem returned home after
visiting with out-of-town friends they
found that their homes had been ran
sacked by burglars during their absence.
In each case a small amount of Jewelry
was taken.
WASHINGTON
The Aberdeen Rose- club Is planning
to hold a rose show this luromer,
W. M. Kern, superintendent of Walla
Walla city schools, has gone to Olympia
to attend' a meeting of the Industrial
commission. -.'
Flower lovers of Hoqulain are plan
ning to orpanlze a Koxarian society to
encourage the cultivation of roses and
other flowers.
The burning of slashings near Kalama
started a f Ire ' in the. Mountain Timber
company's holdings which threatened to
destroy its logging road.
Industrial concerns of Spokane are
checking their employes In an effort to
locate local residents who were not
enumerated in the census.
Odd Fellows of the district which In
cludes Columbia, Oarfield and Walls
Walla counties will hold their conven
tion at Walla Walla, May 22. -
The Women's Civic club of Centralis
has accepted a proposal frorrn the Chau
tauqua guarantors to handle the sale of
season tickets for 50 per cent.
After clinging five hours, to a stump
balanced on the edjre of a dam- across
the yakima river, J. L. Bruce and Wil
liam Walker have been rescued.
A. II. Peterson, night express clerk
for the Great Northern at Spokane, hu
been arrested charged with complicity in
the robbery of $10,000 from his own
office, -
The industrial "code commission will
Hold a conference at Centralis, May 27,
to obtain views of employers and labor
ers relative to-proposed industrial legis
lation. " After several mistakes irii the identity
of John Kelly, a loRKer who was killed
near Hoquiam, positive identification
has been made by his widow of Sauwa
lito. Cal.
Guy K. Kelly of Tacorna, recently
chosen as Republican national commit
teeman, will leave in a few days for
Chicago to attend a meeting of the com
mittee. . Financing the Seattle municipal rail
way by bargain sales of street car tick
ets In blocks of not loss than Km 5-cent
tickets is suggested by City Controller
Carroll. ,
Maude Anna Sawyer, charged with
second degree murder In connection with
the death of her husband, lifts enten-d
a plea of not guilty in the Seattle su
perior court.
T. ' C Ilarty, an ex-service man of
Tacorna, has confessed to the robbery
of 21 homes and stores in Tacorna and
four In Seattle, according f to a state
ment of the police department.
Marie McDonald, daughter of a former
jurist of Whitman county, has been
sentenced to Imprisonment from 1 to 20
years in the penitentiary following her
conviction on the charge of forgery.
IDAHO
Idaho bankers will hold the sixteenth
annual convention of. their association
at Moscow, June 4 and b.
' The election held in the Boise-Mora
irrigation district on a bond issue of
$1,240,000 was won without a negative
vote. . r. '
Otto Stillinger of Moscow, a senior at
the University of Idaho and ex-service
man, has been appointed chief deputy
in the office of the state treasurer.
-.'Lo Pearson of Canyons county re
ceived the highest average In the Ada
Canyon intercouhty spelling match with
a score of 100 per cent.
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A City a Day Is Sawed Out
of Oregon" Forests ; Which
M earls 250 Acres a Day
Lumber enough ' to build a city a
day is sawed in the mills of Oreson.
To feed the hungry mills, woods
men must remove the trees from 250
acres every day, and transportation
of some kind water, rail or highway
-must be afforded.
No wonder the problem of secur
ing cars for the product of Oregon
lumber mills Is both vexatious and
vital.
Why should the nation worry about
homebullding material as long as
Oregon's forests endure? The average
production is 40,000 feet- of lumber
to the acre. The yield of 230 acres
will average 10,000,000 feet. It takes
but a quarter of an acre of timber
to produce the average of 10,000 feet
heeded for a 5-room bungalow. Ore
gon mills thus saw enough lumber
every day for lOflO homes.
In a year. of 270 working days the
mills saw enough for 270,000 homes,
or shelters sufficient for a city of
1,350,000 people. ,
The lumber payroll is a big item In
Oregon. 11 amounts to $260,000 a
day, counting the pay to all associ
ated with the Industry If you mul
tiply ty 270 working days the annual
payroll appears as the immense sum
of $70,200,000.
At least 500.000,000,000 feet of tim-,
ber stand in Oregon. It is the great
est stand of timber In the nation. It
is 'a source which creates a daily
payroll of $260,000. and provides lum
ber enough for 1000 homes a day
and will continue doing so indefinitely
if forests are not destroyed by fire.
Surely forest protection should be
adequate no matter what the cost.