THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY, MAY 22, 192QU
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Vanity dies hard; tn some obstinate
It ontliTes the man. -Ilobert Louia hterenaon.
THE ONLY REVOLUTION
A GREAT state cast its vote yester
day. It was self-government in action.
Every individual of voting age had
full freedom in making choice f can-
' didates and measures. The ballots
were all. counted and out of the mass
' the final decisions were made by ma
jorities. rm, , i- a i . r- . i i
mat is America, uuvci iimcui, is ui
tVla rtAtftlA hv fha nonnld onH fni (ho
people." It is theirs to decide, theirs
to control, theirs" to order. It is ex
actly the ki-gri of government the peo
ple see fit to make it, for they them
selves are the government."
There was an open road to every
polling .place and an unmolested and
unlrammeled chbioe for every voter
- yesterday. There was order and quiet
and peace as citizens filed in and fijed
out of the voting places Jn the pro
cess of depositing their ballots. tTo
look on at such scenes and then to go
off and complain that America is not
a place of freedom and democracy is
to be absurd. : " '
. ,
To men who would overthrow our
system and substitute another, this
query is submitted: , '
What plan would they use? In
vhat" other way could the wjshes of
the people be ascertained ? In what
other way could there be self govern
ment? In what other way would the
people decide the -issues?
There is no other way. The ballot,
universal suffrage,, a fair count, the
majority and a responsible and re
sponsive head to carry out the de-
,. cisions, these are ,the inexorable es
sentials to peopled rule, and we have
them all: We all saw them in full
function yesterday. The people are
their own governors.
But they say there are abuses. So
there are. And the way to correct
them is for tfie people to make edu
cation more universal, to make con
science more authoritative, to think
more of the under dog and to partici
pate more in public affairs, rhat is
the only revolution heeded in America.
- ) , i.
Now that the war is over, of,
., rather, nowVthat the primary cam
paign is past, some violent feudists
, will probably have lunch together
and in the comfort that follows the
small black discover that they still
belong to the same party,
SAVING LARCH MOUNTAIN
D Y. THE congressional act which the
- president recently signed, includ
ing te north slope of Larch moun-
T tain in, the, Oregon national forest,
the people, particularly those who are
resident of Portland, have beerl pro
vided with a playground of indescrib
able features. Added to the U.000
acres previously designated as Co
lumbia Gorge park, the whole consti-
. tutes a recreational and insni rntlnnal
f area which cannot fail to prove ? a
; blessing to generations of beauty
lovers, both present and to come.
; The tract affected by the most re
.'; cen, - enactment comprehends some
' 12,000. acres. , It includes the area ex
" tending from the Columbia fiver high-
way to the summit 4000 feet above
. where one of the most majestic of
the, outlooks upon Mount Hood and
. surrounding country is had. U in
.. eludes the watersheds of Multnomah
. creek, - whose wild leap from dizzy
heights into the depths of the gorge
'.".f the Columbia thrills all beholders,
- and of Oneonta creek, whose deep cleft
; the shadows of mystery.
. Had private ownership "of the lands
. been continued . and deforestation, al
lowed to proceed as In the past, the
area would have been despoiled of its
scenic beauty, the waterfalls would
have been? robbed of their force.
The professors of languages who
became a! page in the hatroom of
the v. Lob Angeles Athletic club will
probably be able to understand a tip
in almost any language.. But will ha
be equally able to withstand' the
shdck of sudden prosperity ?
SEEN BEFORE THE SCREEN
ROMANCE Is held in fee not -alone
by the screens of the motion pic
ture show. It treads ' the . boards not
exclusively of the , legitimate drama.
At times it sits in the seats before
the scenes. ; Occasionally it brings
int6 warm clasp the hands that toil
has marked. And with rose petal flut
ter of wings it brushes the dust of
the years j from faces that wrinkles
have grooved. ;
Father,! mother and their two boys
were sitting In the dimness that is
darkness when one first comes into
a movie house. The brown skins and
Jet hair told a story of nativity in
some Southern land where the sun
burns hot, 'But his face was long
and thin;; hers was weary with care.
One of the, boys had evidently bumped
his. head Jon something sharp and the
cut was only partly healed. To be
honest, the group looked as if the
home background ; might be a shack
down by ; the railroad track and his
daily winning of bread a tussle with
the gravel) and weeds along the right
of way. it'
The boys were watching the shock
ing sequences of a border play. The
little mother tried to, but evidently
getting them all ready to come had
climaxed the fatigue of a long day.
Her" head drooped. Her eyes closed.
The father looked down and his face
softened ! with understanding. His
calloused I hand patted hers very
gently. When she opened hef eyes
and he smiled It was like the sweep
ing of a plumed hat from the gallant
head of a grandee of Spain.; It was
like the reverential pressing of axis-
tocratic lips to the hand of a lady
fair wheni knighthood was in flower.
The deep affection that spoke through
the smile transfigured the little group.
The mother sat with a queenly grace
and the txjys lost their interest in the
picture to pay her homagp. It was
something) more beautiful than any
movie camera ever caught.
A New York man who had for
tified himself against the dry future
with several barrels of excellent
whiskey, was arrested after a neigh
bor had told officials of the location
of the "liquor. Was the neighbor
jealous ? J
THE PROFITEERS
ITS a shrewd profiteer who In charg
ing all the traffic will bear knows
when he has extorted all his victims
will stand. Most of them ultimately
e the victims of their own greed.
Eastern market reports state that silk
moves slowly because the price is too
high. Foreign orders for leather have
failed to j materialize because prices
are prohibitive. Even domestic shoe
jobbing, has slackened except for the
highgrsdes of glazed kids sought by
those who have more vanity and
money than instinct for economy. -
Sugar' that the refiners admitted
they could sell wholesale at 8 to 10
cents a pound but bad priced at 18
to 20 cents to discourage unnecessary
use, and because they could 'get it,
has gone far above this rate, even at
a -point like San Francisco, where the
sugar is refined. : As a direct result
fruit canners that usually have their
season supply of fruit contracted, lack
the, encouragement of orders from
wholesale; buyers and are taking no
steps to assure so much as the ooer-
ation f their "plants during the sum
mer. season. ,-
The crew of a ship in Portland
harbor threatens to strike unless a
bird, the ship's mascot, recently dis
appeared, is found. It is a bird of
an excuse for not working.
WHEN LEAGUERS COME
; -
ATA luncheon in Portland yester
day it was publicly predicted that
the next governor of Oregon would
be a Non-partisan leaguer.
The prediction was made by Robert
E. Smith,! who is an opponent of the
league. But he declared that organ
izers are j at work lp six counties in
Oregon, and that in some of them re
cruits are befng gathered with ease
and in very large numbers.
He argued that a compact body of
voters, throwing their ballots to a
candidate; agreed upon by the mass
beforehand, could easily nominate and
elect a governor.
The remarks were made at a
luncheon, held for discussion of the
plan of a market commission. Bank
ers, wholesale merchants, commission
men, professional men and various
other interests were represented at
the gathering. . . "0
The disadvantages with which farm
ers contend in the marketing and dis
tribution of their products were elo
quently portrayed by Judge Staple
ton, jurist ; and farmer, and master
of the Cresham grange.
f He declared that the farmers are not
getting a Just share of the' fruits of
their labor and enterprise. He said
that before them was the inevitable
question of ."how much are ,you pay
ing", when they ; have things to sell,
did '"what isl the ; price" when they
go to buy. . Under the system in. which
they market their products Individu
ally they are struggling under a
handicap,, the product of which is
dissatisfaction, reduced production and
insufficient profits. .
That the.y are getting . but a frac
tion of the profits they were entitled
to on their productioa is fully realized
by the farmers, and that they are
restive under the condition was em
phasized by Judge Stapletco, who
made a strong appeal for action rather,
than mere talk in' dealing with the
situation. j t ; '
Colonel Harris Welnstock, former di
rector of markets of California, de
clared that a properly J administered
state market system had solved the
farmer's marketing problem In Cali
fornia, and that it would effect the
same result In Oregon. He told of
the debts and n,ear bankruptcy of Cali
fornia poultrymen before the two
poultry associations of California were
organized, and made comparison of
those oondltions with the prosperity
of the industry as a result of the or
ganization. ' ? :l '
Before the associations were organ
ized, the poultrymen were permitted
no representative on the San Fran
cisco Produce exchange, where the
prices were fixed from day to day..
But as soon as the associations were
.formed under the leadership of the
California state director of markets a
place in the Produce exchange' was
readily granted the poultrynren, and
producers at once began to have a
share in the fixing of the .prices of
poultry products. ' ' !
Colonel Weinstock declared that Cal
ifornia producers , as a result of co
operative marketing . are getting a:
greater share of the fruits of their ;
labor than" are the producers of any j
other state in America, and that as !
a result of it, unrest is gone and con- J
ditions in the agricultural districts so i
prosperous that Non-partisan leaguers
have no chance to successfully inVade
that state. .
The reason for the heavy increase
in imports of eggs -from Canada was
recently discovered in New Tork.
A 'man had Just stepped from the
boat, lugging a weighty basket of j
eggs. A taxicab hit him. The!
odor of rare old Scotch filled the
air.'- The eggs had been filled with
liquor and carefully sealed.
A NATION'S DECISION
THE "entrance of Switzerland into
the League of Nations as a result
of the recent popular vote ; is signifi
cant. It is significant in that the peo
ple ' themselves voted bvs 400.000 to
nificant in that Switzerland has long
cherished a permanent neutrality. It
is significant in that the league was
opposed only by parts of the German
population and by the militarists of
Switzerland. .? .;
The Swiss are a democVatic people
with centuries of political education.
They vote five or six times a year.
They keep in touch with events politi
cal. They live in the midst ; of . the
turmoil of Europe. From their calm
mountains they survey the world on
every side. They have -seen the rise
and fall of the balance of power under
the: leadership of England France and
Austria. They have seen reeurring
mobilizations, of armies. They have
seen the world thrown again and again
into the fires of war by thejmachlna
tions of European diplomats' with sel
fish purposes in view. They visioned
the whole world in red war from
their neutral vantage point a short
two years ago.
I Her neutrality was as vital to Swit
zerland as the Monroe doctrine to
America. She held back from the
traps, of war. She avoided the plots
of wily ministers. She refrained from
participation in the battles for thrones.
But she foresaw the turningi point in
her own as well as the world's politi
cal history. f ; ! - . "
i The election campaign was feverish.
The federal council of seven, or the
executive department; was in favor of
the league. Foul of its members
stumped the country, ' i Parliament
voted three to one to join.; Most of
the political leaders were for adoption
as i were the chambers' of commerce
and peasants' union;.
The only opponents of 'the league
were the large German population and
the. leaders of. the I army.' They
wanted no league- Disarmament isn't
cherished In Germany. - And1 profes
sional fighting men are against it.
But the junkers and pro-Germans
were beaten in r Switzerland. The
votes of the statesman, of i the busi
ness men, and of the ! peasants pre
vailed, j They were tired of intrigues,
balances of power and wars. They
Had viewed results close up, and they
chose the paths of peace. !
! .The situation in America is similar.
We have tasted Of war and European
diplomacy. .. We have mixed with balr
ances of power and Intrigues. We
have noted their failure. Wars con
tinue.' ; " '
, 'And as in Switzerland the lines in
America are drawn. The worairfgTnan.
the business man and the other ele
ments that go to make up the great
majority of ; the common people are
for the League of Nations. I The radi
cals and the militarists are opposed.
They want no league. i
; Bu there is one essential tfifference.
Switzerland made no sacrifice during
the last war to establish permanent
peace. America left more than 50,000
boys in Flanders field. ;
j A Nejw Jersey householder, evi
dently of some means and position,
recently inserted the following ad
vertisement in his local newspaper:
'"Wanted- Lady " to assist in house
work: must be stylish; fingers well,
manicured; willing to have her
breakfasts served in bed; no wash -
ling, no cooking, no cleaning, sweep-
tag- or dusting; flowers and bonbons
provided; salary or stipend, $200 a
month; limousine will calL" I The
bow of. promise never shone bright
er. A maid who wouldn't , be at
tracted by , such ease and luxury
must have been stony hearted. I But
what if the man's ; wife read " the
advertisement ? If she did, what
tears, what , upbraidings, what - a
procession of happenings to till the
husbandly heart with, grief! ,
IVROM THE JDARK
HORSE" PADDOCK
By Cart Smithy Washington staff
. -Correspondent of Tim Journal
Washington May 22. Now . that
Wood, Johnson and Lowden have
bunched up in the preliminary he&t of
the presidential race-, and it becomes
certain that no candidate is likely to
run away with the. prize for several
ballots, closer inspection Is being given
the paddocks where the "dark horses"
are waiting. There are several of these,
with Governor Sproul of Pennsylvania,
Governor Coolidge of .Massachusetts,
Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin and" Sena
tor Kenyon of Iowa listed as the most
prominent. An examination of the field
shows that Sproul is in far the most
favorable position, for several reasons,
one being the fact that he will have the
big Pennsylvania delegation unreserv
edly behind him, another because he is
free from objections which immediately
appear when the others are put on pa
rade. e-. e
Sproul - is not a military man, ' so he
does not meet the especial opposition
of those who oppose Wood and Pershing
as military men. He has no record as
an irreconcilable on the-peace treaty,
and apparently is free from the argu
ment raised against Hiram Johnson and
Poindexter on thai account. He has
"' " e e,...u, 'Bj
business interests, so he answers in this
respect the .requirements of the sup
porters of Lowden, who call for a man
who has applied business administration
to government. Then on the important
test of progresaiveness or reacttonism,
Governor Sproul seems able' to catch
'em both'1 ways. It has seemed almost
incredible that Senator Penrose and
G if ford Pinchot could be found sup
porting the same man, but this is hap
pening in the case of Sproul. "Pinchot
was recently appointed by the governor
as the chief . of the Pennsylvania f or-
eeyiLe.aenv.d Uto'rSUi
choice. In Pennsylvania politics Sproul
has been sometimes "with Penrose and
sometimes against him. ,
In the country, at large, outside the
active circles of the politicians, it might
be thought that Herbert Hoover .would
receive serious consideration as a , com
promise choice, but the big Republican
politicians are not considering him at
all. They do not expect him. to start
with many convention votes, and it will
be their especial care to see that the
Hooysr infection does not spread. The
conservatives would like well enough to
take Harding or Nicholas Murray Butler
but neither of these would satisfy the
liberal wing and the Republican leaders
are not so sure about electing "any Re
publican." They want somebody to hold
both wings, so far as possible. The
fact that Sproul is from Pennsylvania,
a state the Republicans consider safe
with any candidate, militates against
him to some extent, but after all the ele
ments are considered, it still seems a
good tip to keep an eye on Sproul.
On the Democratic side; the ' experts
believe that William O. McAdoo has an
excellent chance to win the nomination,
and that "dark horses" may not be In
demand. There is, however, one prom
ising steed not much talked about who
seems certain to receive attention if
the convention reaches a deadlock stage.
That is Secretary Edwin T. Meredith
of the department of agriculture, an
Iowa man, editor, farmer awd progres
sive, who seems to combine lq .consid
erable degree the requirements of the
situation at San Francisco.
Letters From the People
' tCommnnieations afrit to The Journal for
publication in this department ahonld be. written
on only one side of the paper! should not exoeed
800 words in length and must be signed by the
writer, whoee mail address in full .must accom
pany the' contribution. )
WHEN LEAGUERS COME.
Scio, May 13. To the Editor of The
Journal I have read all articles In The
Journal regarding . the Non-partisan
league, but have so far failed to find
anything very enlightening about con
ditions in North Dakota, which is said
to be their stronghold. It seems The
Journal might get us some facts from
there, so we might know what's what.
Have they-a legislature made up mainly
of chair warmers entirely dominated by
a gang from their largest city? Have
they a governor who vetoes unimportant
bills because of the emergency- clause
attached. 'and lets one for $10,000,000 get
by with the same tag on it? Are they
carefully sheltered and protected from
having anything to say or do about-their
roads or other home affairs? Do they
allow a murderer to get off with about
eight months confinement? Do they
allow . drunken, dirty foreigners to run
down and slaughter elderly ladies and
little girls in the streets of their prin
cipal town? Do they have to get per
mits or licenses to do about everything
except pay taxes? Are the farmers be
ing robbed ? Are . they writhing and
groaning under the tyranny of the Non
partisans, or does old Reuben Glue
kinder sorter like it, by heck ! Are
they talking seriously of trying to pre
vent their legislature from doing things
during the closing hours, by a divided
session .or some other senseless piffle?
Do they elect and reelect the same old
barnacles to the most important offices,
term after term? j
If we knew the facts regarding these
matters, my brother hicks and myself
would know better how to receive the
leaguers when they coma Neither abuse
nor . praise proves anything. ; Abe Lin
coln was abused, and Gus Moser has
been praised. Neither does waving a
tax receipt prove very much. - I can
flourish one that cost three times - as
much as it should. This league business
may become a very serious matter.Vtnd
calling the leaguers Reds, and so forth,
may not settle it. - Business and politics
have no fear of the farmers, of course;
but they are afraid of organised labor.
The two combined might make it rather
unpleasant for business ln some ways.
It looks to .me that the farmers have
had a mighty raw deal in times past.
- : Harry Freeman.
THE ENGINEER AND THE WRECK
Portland, May 1L To the Editor of
The Journal A. T. Mercier. superinten
dent of the Southern Pacific railway,
puts the blame for the train wreck last
Sunday on Engineer Silas K. Willett,
Possibly Mr. -Mercier is right,' but I
contend he is wrong. Of course Mr.
Mercier feels that it is his duty to fix
the responsibility of the wreck -upon
someone. " ; .
In the first place, according to Mr.
Mercier's own statement, , Mr. - Willett
was a very reliable and efficient em
ploye, and If he were not, why was he '
piaceo in seen a responsible position? I
believe Mr. Willett was a very careful
and' efficient engineer, and . why should
he disobey an old established rule'?" And
lie did not, regardless of what Mr. Mer-
clr or anyone .else may say. Mr. Wll
lett was either &ad from heart failure
or 5 a i victitn of epilepsy, five minutes
prior to the rash of trains. Every elec
tric car is; equipped with the "dead
man's control;" and as long 'as the en
gineer grips that control his train will
proceed. If the grip is relaxed, inten
tionally or accidentally, "the dead man's
control" ; automatically ; disconnects the
power and 'applies the brakes. But all
dead men do not relax their grip; same
applies to a person afflicted with epl-4
lepsy. Soros of the passengers say the
brakes' were applied . just before the
crash. Possibly so; the 'motion of the
train may have caused the engineer to
relax his grip. e;
"Disobedience, said Mr." Mercler. Mr.
Willett's family and friends, I am sure,
will agree with me t&at the word "dis
obedience is very obnoxious without
adducing proof of his : assertions. Let
us give the dead the benefit of the
doubt, and ; pass a law requiring two
motormen on all. passenger trains operat
ed on a single track. i P. H. Powers.
iensnr. Soma of the naaaeneen aav the
r f LOUIS J. WIIQE EXPLAINS
i San Diego, Cal., May; 17. To the Edi
tor of The : Journal In your paper of
May S is a news dispatch regarding
Mayor Wilde being scored by court and
oil project bein& halted.
I wish to say this is not a fact and
is all pure political bunk. A lot of my
friends and myself did go into a jazz
cat gamble to see" if there was oil' in
this county-for elsewhere, and that is
juet what 'we are doing. We have two
wells going in this county and a pay
roll of about $5000 a month, and while
this was being done there is an election
approaching for congress and for mayor,
and. I am mayor and was reelected the
recond time without any effort and can
run again if I care to and he elected per
haps with less effort. I have been pro
posed many times for congress on the
Republican ticket and when Kettner
made the race the first time I was pro
nosed on both tickets, but took up the
fight for Kettner at all times. I do not
want to go to Washington. I have no
Political ambitions. I am in bUSlneSS
na ixey uo not mix weu. 1 nave many
enemies because I have whipped them
so oiten, tney are very! bitter and l am
proud of all of them because they rep -
resent a class . otf people that are like
oeaj oeer omy nave i a z per ceni
. kick in them, and their Americanism
totals up to that same weak percentage,
I have never done anything that I am
ashamed of. I try to be right first and
then fight afterwards, and I usually win
my battles. There must be some reason
for it. When you are armed wjth right
you, a re armed with might. Temporary
threats only make life's battle interest-
restraining orders, injunctions, suits ana
The people who oppose me here 2 e
cray about f Ice. The judiciary is all
up for election again, and every coun
cilman wants to run for mayor and
many down and out politicians, jelly
fish and political cooties are out in
bunches to get in the Republican band-
wagon that Is already . filled . up with
junk from Portland, Maine, to Portland,
Oregon, so somebody! has got to get
panned out who faces the firing line
unflinchingly, and that's me-Bill, and I
have never run from ; duty yet and I
am going to ride from now on. :
I am going to tell you about it, Mr.
; Journal, because you were always fair
aooui giving tne people Dotn sides or tne
news and tried to run a regular news
paper. )..'..
The only reason this contemptible at
tack is made on me Is on account of
politics. As far as the jazz cat gamble
Is concerned, that is a healthy cat. We
hav over $150,000 worth of assets paid
for and don't, owe anybody a dollar, and
about half of that is in cash in the
banks here in town, j and we are at
work and with this letter I, am enclos
ing some clippings ' which will show
which way the wind is blowing and put
your dead right and in the clear.
Yes, I was bawled .out by the court,
who did not know anything about the
oil game or the jazz cat gamble, but did
know he was wanting to be a candidate
for congress.
Now you have got it and you have
got it right. - L. J. Wilde.
: EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES
Portland, May 13. To the Editor of
The Journal I want the water depart
ment of this city to give a good reason
why they put their work" in a private
employment office, where a fee of SI
is charged. The taxpayers of this city
maintain a free employment office and
there are hundreds of men there every
day looking for work in the city, while
a private employment : agency has been
sending them to the water department,
after charging $1 as a fee. I am not
blaming the private employment agent
for this, because he has a legitimate
right to do it, but it looks as if there
was something wrong when the city of
Portland puts its work into a fee
office. . i E. A. Linscote--
f "The bureau of water works baa bee unsuc
cessful in securinc sufficient laborers from the
municipal free employment bureau." says t 8.
Kaiser., superintendent -of the water bureau.
"Therefore we hae notified the yarious prirate
employment offices to send men. We' are un
able to understand why some men prefer to pay
$1. rather than o to the free employment bu
reau or inquire at the waterworke offices, for
such work" i
BEGGARS
Portland, May 17. To the Editor of
The Journal With the amount of work
in .this country, it Is strange to see so
much begging bjy strong young men, not
cripples or blind. I have come here from
Omaha and I have never In my life seen
so many men begging. I was eating in
a restaurant the other morning when a
man came in and sat down by me. He
wanted to know if I was good enough
for two. Think of the nerve.
i E. E. Brown,
Curious Bits of 'Information
For the Curious
Gleaned From Curious Places
Since the ostensibly despised but pri
vately relished prune has gained the dig
nity of high price. It is Interesting to
nets the advent of a particularly lusci
ous species remarkable for Its utter lack
of a. stone. In place di the usual ada
mantine core is a tender, unprotected
seed, with the look and flavor of an
almond kernel, making the whole fruit
deliclously edible, according to Popular
Mechanics. The development of this
curious and valuable-food product by a
noted horticulturist has naturally ex
tended over ' a "considerable period of
years. ' - ,T
Glden Oregon
Hardships of Road Locators, and of
. Immigrants Who Followed.
The first party to mark out a road
over the Cascade mountains by way of
the midatfe fork of the Willamette, ln
1851-2, was attacked by Indians on the
headwaters of the Malheur river. The
Indians wounded fthree of he party,
which was composed of seven, and cap
tured the baggage. I After wandering
eight days, with only wild berries to eat,
the survivors finally made their way to
the old immigrant road, (0 miles from
Boise. In '1853 another party was sent
out to improve the trail marked out by
the first party. The Work was done so
hastily and Imperfectly that about 1500
people who took the - new route from
Boise to the Willamette valley, became
lost for five weeks among ; the moun-
tains. marshes and lakes of the region
about the headwaters of the Deschutes.
While no lives were lost, many thou
sands of dollars worth of property was
sacrificed.
COMMENT AND
: SMALL CHANGE -
Keep up the clean-up.
e e .
..TI16 dbt of the world Is estimated at
$200,000,000,000, of . which we bear a
share.
It may be a little bit chilly now. but
i wail unci: the Shrinera rm- ThenrMl
the Rhrinere v,mj
warm tilings up.
- W3l.n LeT Blue of Beavers knocks
a triple it looks blue for the opposing
team.
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.NoT th" "sarly everyone who could
"ywhre near afford to do so has built
himself a house, the price of lumber
is tumbling.
T?u,?g man who was married over
the telephone is now charged with big
amy. He wae probably on a two-party
line and didn't know t
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Aviators flying 15,000 feet above Los
Angeles encountered a snowstorm. Now
when the motion fticture people are in
need, of a snow scene they will know
where to get it
see ,- , . .
A, C2W wrapped Its tall around the
neck of a Tacoma policeman and choked
nim almost to death. We have always
been taught to believe that the other
end of the cow was the dangerous end.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
Cold, hard business brings Judge Joe
J. Dunham and Henry W. Beard, at
torney, to Portland, yet the pair are
finding time to enjoy the beauties of
Portland the beauties of a scenic na
ture, - of course. The visltorseare here
to investigate charges of unfair com
petition by the Utah-Idaho Sugar com
pany. the Amalgamated Sugar comnanv
(and. other smaller concerns made to
' th ferWnl traAm mmmlulnn Tun
( uunnam is an examiner for the trade
j body. - With several assistants the two
j men Rave been taking testimony at
; Salt Lake City and Rlgby, Idaho,
strongholds of the Utah-Idaho company.
, for the last two months. They are
j Bomg from here to Medford to resume
j the hearings. More than 600 witnesses
J have already been examined. Judge
Dunham-reports. The judge's home is at
Buena Vista, Ga., but in two days
that he is to spend here friends de
clare he will get idea enough of Port
land's charms to make him at least de?
sire a change of residence. .'
Stepping out ahead of the field again,
the Multnomah hotel organization, . in
spired by Eric V. Hauser, owner, has
just ' issued a guests' guide for its pa
trons. The pamphlet is attractively illus
trated and contains a mass of vitally im
portant Information for both the pleasure
and the business visitor. Almost every
i logical question a visiting guest might
ask about the city or the hotel Is an
swered in the compilation, whose cover
bears the red-featherd head of the
Multnomah Indian symbol.
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Nebergall of Al
bany are at the Seward hotel. Albany
is enjoying a period of unusual pros-
! perity, in which the . Nebergall meat
packing plant is said to be taking its
part. The plant , was destroyed by fire
a year or so ago, but upon the embers
a bigger and better equipped institution
has been erected and is in full opera
tion. With its own fruit cannery, fur
niture factories" and the like, Albany is
developing her payroll beyond anything
she ever had. j
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Judge Harry H. Belt, who presides
over the circuit courts of Polk and
Yamhill counties -when he isn't iln
Portland helping ' Multnomah - county
judges dispose of the local docket, j is
at - the Imperial, registered ' from his
home - at Dallas. At the same rotel
and accompanying the Polk county Jur
ist is Walter L Tooze Jr., who is as
sumed to have come to the big city
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fired
(Here Is another installment of the traelai of
a remarkable man a wanderer who, contrary
k. m.niinc wanderluxt addicts in sen
eraL maker, money whererer he oe. but who
has decided thai there la eomethjns far fcet
trr than either wanderins or mooer-making. and
that ftomethins he is pmcticinaT here in Pert-
0 .. !
If the ship you long thought had
foundered suddenly came Into port, how
would you spend the money? I was
talking to Leslie Cranboume a day ior
so ago, and we- discussed this very sub
ject. - I
"Making money Is not difficult, he
said. "Getting something worth while
for your money Is much more difficult.
I have -always had the wanderlust
Life Is too: short to setUe down ito
mere money-making while all of your
finer faculties atrophy. I love to study
men by mingling with them. I love .to
n nisuea. Some years ago ! I
made $15,000 in about 18 months out
of a novelty, so I decided to Indulge
my love for travel. I traveled leisurely
to the Canal Zone, and while there I
felt the lure pf the languid Southland.
I traveled over South America .until my
$16,000 had dwindled away. I saw the
wonderful trade possibilities of South
America. . Returning to the United
States, I secured a position with Tausig
& Co., introducing their drugs into the
United States. This job gave me a
chance to display my salesmanship and
took me all over the Southern states.! I
took a ' course In salesmanship, and :50
lessons ln Spanish, to enakfle me to talk
to cultured Spaniards. In South America.
I took a position with Harmon & Co.
of New York city, putting on subdivi
sions. Times were booming. There was
ble monev ln real estate. I soon had
what money I needed, so I resigned my
position and bought a ticket to Liverpool.
. I
j went to London, traveled through
Scotland, to Paris and 'on the conti
nent, . until my money was spent. In
one of the expensive hotels ln London
I ran across a very likable chap who
had the agency for Great Britain for the
Young Folks' library-- We .decided ;to
go ln together and introduce this work
in Australasia. Needing ready money,
we spent a few months in London and
vicinity. The books sold so well we
traveled all over England with them be
fore going to Australia. When , I had
cleaned up nearly 1000 pounds, we sailed
from Liverpool for Montreal. From
there we went direct to Vancouver, B.
C. We got there .during the height )of
the real estate boom. My friend bought
an interest in a big printing company.
I went to selling real estate on a com
mission basis. Six months later I had
enough money to start again on my
travels. I went to Sap Francisco,' to
Honolulu, and from there to the Fiji
islandspaWhere I spent six weeks. j
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I had an excellent offer in the Fiji
Islands to go into "business with the
copra king of the country, but as I still
had some money left and there were a
lot of countries I had not seen, I turned
It 'down. From the Fiji islands I went
to New South Wales. From there I
went to South Africa. I saw South
Africa pretty thoroughly. In Johannes
burg I met a theatrical man from ths
United States. He was very much dis
gruntled. He had brought out a lot of
cowboy films, and the Dutch people
exhibited no Interest ln them. We spent
NEWS IN BRIEF
-SIDELIGHTS
The fishing In Crooked and Deschuts
rivers wan well ftd o'U-lf't Sunday
bv a niimhor nf Prinftvl.l citizens, the
Journal says, and was found to be much.
Detter man ever freiore.
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The Klamath Palls Herald's eolyumist
says. Inter alia '(which Is , Latin for
"among other things") : "It would not
surprise the writer in the least to wake
up some roorning;snd find a real, fn,u
lne oil boom had hit Klamath h alls.
But suppose It doesn't. We do not have
to depend on oil,; The timber industry
will keep this town forging ahead for
a good many years yet. So don't worry.
Real estate wlU never come down, xsot
in your or my Upe at least." .
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Building note from the Baker Demo
crat. "Whether Or not it is 'best for a
man to sell his hotue at a tempting price
and find afterward that he is cast adrift
into the street wijth not even a room to
move into, is a matter for the Individual
to decide for hirhself. And this is the
predicament a number of people have
found themselves In of late. There are
no houses for refit, and people are buy
ing right and ctt and geiltinn f?ood bar
gains, too, considering jie cost of con
struction of new houses. The fellow who
sells must just taKe his chances.
to Inspect the kppalllng ruins of the
Poindexter-for-'pifjfsident - primary cam
paign. Tooze, who lives at McMinn
vllle nowadays, .registered at the Im
perial as ftom-! Dallas probably ex
cused by the force of habit
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Justice Charlesi A. Johns Isn't per
sonally Interested in the primary elec
tion, but he arrived at the Hotel Ore
gon Friday from;. Salem, where" he sits
as 'a member of the state supreme
court, to look In on the findings of the
public mind arid to spend the week
end in the cltyi.'- Four of the judge's
associates on the supreme court bench
were renominated at Friday's election.
. . -
Dr. M. Irvine of North Powder.
Or., is at the Imperial. North Pow
der Is down nealrf the southern boundary
of Union county, where the Powder
river roars. It j, isn't a very big place
as to population! but it contains 600 or
700 enterprising -adults who find thrifty
occupation at half a dozen calllnga
North Powder lsi the shipping and dis
tributing point for Southern Union and
Northern Baker ; countlea
Mr. and Mrs; i George B Weber of
Uniontown, Wash., are guests at the
Multnomah hotel; while in Portland on
a business trip. Uniontown- has a
population of ftijly 400 and is situated
In Whitman coujnty. - .. '
.
Kuppenbender Ben, ..who reverses
that Incorrect . orider when "he signs, his
name to checks,. Is at the Multnomah
from Tillamook Mr. Kuppenbender Is
the tallest ' member of the Tillamook
County Dairy association, and in ad
dition sells groceries and farm machin
ery to other Tillamook county folk.
Mr. and Mrs. f !B. E. Hawkins of Ths
Dalles are guests at the Seward hotel
while spending a few days in the city.
L. M. Roeer fflt Alder. Or., wherever
that Is, Is a guest at . the Cornelius
hotel. p( , ' -:
G. V. Wimbetly. who wTetl red from
the newspaper publishing business when
his father's patfer, the Roseburg Re
view, was consolidated recently with
the Roseburg News, Is at the Oregon
hoteL ! ' - -
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Mrs. R. R. I Lewis, whose husband
th. rt . n Itwia Merchandise
Vti Bfc-W . - ,
company at Echo, Or., is a guea,i at
the Multnomah.: f
Lockley
the - evening together. Next . day we
. drew up a partnership contract ony a
50-50 basis. IHhlred a lot of native
carts with ox teams, put big banners
on them describing: American life, playing
up the superior' skill of the American
cowboy over the riders of South Africa.
We played the next, night to a capacity
house. We started theatres In Kimberly,
Pretoria, Johannesburg and elsewhere
The thing went so big 'that I was offered
115.000 for my half interest. I accepted
and visited East Africa, India, the Sues
canal, the countries along the Med Iter.
ranean, and Asia. ' Thence I went to
Berlin, to Paris' and the beauty spots
of France, and then In leisurely fashion
all over Ireland, which, by the by, is
one of earth's ii beauty spots. From
there I went to New York city, and
from there to Seattle, where I had good
luck In a financial way. Within a year
I cashed ln and went back to South
America. .- ; ' - :'Y
e
"Returning to; America, I came to
Portland, and went by motor to San
Francisco,' Los Angeles and San Diego.
Deciding to make some viore money in
Los Angeles, I secured a contract with
Harry Culver to sell acreage between
Los Angeles and, Venice. - It almost sold
Itself. I sold 190,000 worth the first
week. During the next three years I
built over 100 bungalows, selling them
at a fair profit. I made an average of
$3000 a- month. ? I cashed ln and went
to Chile and Peru. - Peru Is a second
California.
'.-'
' I crossed the -Cordilleras Into Argen
tina and Investigated the cattle and
wheat industries. I spent some months
investigating the hardwood industry. I
picked out Buenos Aires as a - winner.
El Senorv Katz, the largest department
store owner ln Chile, - entered Into a
contract with me to erect a huge mod
ern hotel on his property and to sub
divide his suburban holdings and put up
houses. I was to have 10 per cent on
the total cost of operations as payment
for mr .work. This would have made a
good clean-up for me, but the United
States declared war on Oeranany and
the whole thing was off.
I tried to get Into the army as soon
as I got back to ' New Orleans, but my
stiff wrist knocked me .out I went to
Los Angeles and on to Portland. I
ran across Barclay Atchison. I told
him I was trying to get into the Red
Cross work to go overseas He intro
duced me to Harvey rStone and Albert
Grilley; Almost before I knew It I had
been adopted Into the T work. The
more I studied the future the more I
Saw te big part the Y,' the churches
and the schools must play In reshaping
a disorganized and chaotic world.. If
there Is any fault to be found In the
work, of these Institutions It is that they
lack salesmanstiip. They lack the 'go
to it and the 'go get it' spirit. , They
have the goods, but don't seem to realize
the value of their line. The more I saw
of Grilley and others like him the more
I saw my duty to give my life to service
apd not to go on ioamlng around the
world and living entirely for self. That's
why I am here, at a salary that would
riot pay my gasoline bills s few years
ago. I am trying to sell idealism, serv
ice and character in place of fruit lands
or suburban acreage, and I find it In
finitely more worth while,"
a - .
The Oregon Country
Northwest Happrnines In Brief Form for the
Busy Reader.
OREGON' NOTES
Work on the Salem Commercial club's
rapidly"1 grounds la protrresslng
vlralJl-an.d ,.,falf5, cront' n,a' Prlne,
great grewtklne "Be "'d "'akl" a
convonIf0 coxu,y rartcl jury has re
convened Its wawion of liHt February,
jury crlfnlnai ca8e8 wi" come before the
inhrrtrv8 for "ent summer ranr
aLor,ih0. dJs,r-t r never better.
raKer," the 8tatetet of forest
th!,?ahitaL1ard ?.' cor"Pnny is limiting
!le Kiusoline at H.khI lUver in
?!Lto conJ"erM 11 'or the use of orchard
tractors and sprayers.
f.,thor,'y no'Kh ganollne available
fiLij J? to mrtU u" normal demand for
naif- k ay" Karare a' supply stations
nave been put on rations
The rtKht of a personal representative
,aa-Iir.r10n kllle1 ln an '-"l'nT n the
late . high way to sue and recover dui
? " Is ostal.llshed by a recent decision
of the supreme court.
rtJJi ?Uffo.r'' "t"00' on the "Mohawk
;Iiab0VS TKuKe r,e' ,ntt of th l'loncer
schools of Lane county, will be per
manently discontinue,!. If plans to divi.i,,
the district are carried out.- .
At the district convention of (he Wood
men of the World at Tillamook resolu
tions commending the leadership of Head
Consul Boak were adopted. The next
convention will be held at Dallas.
Madras High , school won the Central
Oregon track meet for 1920 at Redmond,
its score Was 43 points. Hndmond was
close behind with 3 ioints. Third plnro
was won by Prinevllle with. 23. The
score of Bend was 11.
WASHINGTON .
Managers of lake resorts near Spokane
have started war on the -bathing suit
thief. . .
, Reductions of0 to RO per cent are
announced by two of Aberdeen's leading
stores
A Boy Scout troop has been organized
in Napavlne, with H. G. Clothier as
scoutmaster.
Advices received at Seattle say that
the ice Is breaking up in the Yukon river
at awson city.
Fred Chlesbllk was drowned at Spo
kane when he fell 60 feet down a well
Into 12 feet of water.
The Chehalls High school win gradu
ate 27 pupils this year. Commencement
exercises will be held June 10.
Prosser's'new high school and an addi
tional grade school will bo built immedi
ately at a total cost of $60,000.
'William II. Searing of 1 the ' Seattle po
lice force has boen appointed chief of
police to succeed Joel F. Warren.
An additional 32R0 feet of sidewalks
within the city limits of Davenport havs
been condemned by the city council.
The population of Tacoma, as an
nounced by the census bureau, is 98 S65,
a gain of 22,273 nines 1310 or 15.8 per
cent.
Owing to the discharge of three men
Some 60 member of the Timber Work
ers' union went on sLrike at Leaven
worth, The Kalama Building Corporation, re
cently organized, has accepted plana for
Its three bungalows and Js now arrang
ing for construction.
The Centralia Rotarlans have approved
the election of.O. K. Nelson as delegate
to the international convention at At
lantic City in June.
Colonel T. M. Anderson of Tacoma has
received notice that he has been awarded
the French croix de guerre with gold
star for his war service.
The ladies' auxiliary of the Chehalls
AmArlnn I ...-;... ....... .. .....;. ...
...... . . .. w.a j.int mi, iin4UHUH l' '
.making a community service flar ready
ivi iJii-scnuiimii on .memorial any.
William IT. Xeely. for the past four
years superintendent of the Davenport
schools, has been appointed deputy state
superintendent of public instruction.
The public service communion sitting
en banc at Walla Walla. Juno 15, will
hear protests against the propositi of Did
Pacific Power & Light company to in
crease rates on all except irrigation
power. -
IDAHO
The Caldwell Traction company's
Wilder branch has gone into the hands
of the Oregon. Short Line. .
J. " K. White, commissioner of public
welfare. Is dead at hi home in HriH
after an illness of two years. ...
A local branch of the American Asso
ciation of Kngineers has been organ-. d
at Lewlston with a membership of .'.
Smallpox Is rapidly on the decftne in
Boise, according to He;)lh officer Pfir
fnan. At the present time there are but
36 cases.
The board of trustees, of the college of
Idaho will launch a cHrhpfilKn to ral-ie
$300100 to erect new buildings on the
campus.
The Idaho Realty Development com
pany, an Idaho Falls real ,-ntate com
pany, with a capital of $25,000, haa been
incorporated.
I .Uncle Jeff Snow Says: . I
Down on the Santy Anny river'' ln
Southern Callfomy in early days lots
of folks uster git stuck ln the quick
sands, crossin' when the river was low.
The Oreasers'd hitch a lariat onto the
wagon tongue and pull from the horn
of the saddle and save the outfit. Petn
Dlgnowltty got pulled out thataway one
time, all but the tailboard, which same,
was gulped by the sand before it could
be lassoed. Some of our most patriotic
politicians is a-goln' to be like the tail
board of Pete's wagon, no matter how
hard thier friends tried to pull "em
acrost Salt River. '
Oregon Is Mighty Proud of
the Once Despised but,
Now Exalted Prune.
The unwritten but seldom violated
law of boarding houses in this coun
try and abroad is to dish out four
prunes to each boarder. J"he prunes
grown ln Oregon would supply 640,-.
000,000 boarding house helpings every
year.
When it's properly made, you can't
beat prune pie. Oregon's prunes, al
lowing a third of a pound to the
pie, would provide the fruit for 180,
000,000 pies. Just think of a bnke
hop containing shelf upon- shelf of
pies until the total reached J80.OO0.
000, with white skinned, brown
skinned, yellow skinned and biass
skinned people. In equal number,
standing in line to bear them away.
Once it was the custom to speak -f
the lowly prune. But the prune has
been promoted from the peasantry to
the aristocracy of fruit. lts ascend
ancy in the realm of affairs gusta
tory may be due to the exceptional
quality of the prunes grown in Ore
gon. . People are Just beginning to
learn that the best prunes in the
world are grown In Oregon. For a
long time It was the custom of Cali
fornia, packers to touy up the greater
part of the crop and send the prunes
out ln fancy packages under a Cali
fornia label. '
There are in Oregon morn than
1000 prune -orchards! Their value
ranges from $400 to $1200 nacre,
or an average of about $800. The
total value of. prune lands Is about
$24,000,000. There are 501 driers in
the state and a large number of prune
processing plants. We produce
about 60,000.000 pounds of prunes a
year and shly them to every state in
the union and to Kngland, France,
Germany, Canada and the Scandi
navian countries, " ' ' ,