THE OREGON. DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1920.
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AT ROSEBURO
AT R0SEBURG there is a field for
strawberry growers.
Nowhere in the wide world is a bet
ter strawberry grown. The flavor of
the Roseburg fruit Is unsurpassed, the
size is extraordinary and the yield
the heaviest. The berries are as early
as in any other district in Oregon,
.which means that they reach the mar
ket In time for the best prices.
Up to the present that f ield iias not
done much toward productica - of
strawberries On a large com
mercial scale. The people there
are mostly well-to-do and engage, in
larger enterprises. For example, they
sold nearly a million dollars worth
of prunes last year. There are big
milling interests, heavy wool growing
operations! an enormous cattle Indus
try," big fruit canning and packing
activities and banks with vaults burst
ing with money. These larger enter
prises with land held in many instan
ces in large tracts, have created an
atmosphere in which smaller activities
, like berry growing have not .been
pushed, as they will be pushed
later on.
But the climate, the soil .and the
opportunity are there. The altitude is
but 477 feet, being -lower than several
points between Portland, and Rose
burg, and much lower than the Med
ford and Ashland district. An aver
age wind velocity of only four miles
an hour and a balmy spring-like at
mosphere make it an ideal spot, not
only Sor strawberries but for all
mall fruits.
Like other up-state Oregon cities,
Roseburg has been forging ahead in
spite of the lessened activity into
Which all Interior places fell during
the war. It Is expected there that
the 1910 census will show above 5000
population with' about 1200 actually
a part, of the city but not within "the
city limits.
Roseburg has a school system of the
first xank, headed for three years past
by Professor Audrey Smith. It re
volves around a perfectly organized
high "school which is housed in ' a
beautiful building of white pressed
brick, completed three years asro at a
costof f 100,000. Its manual training
department is one of its conspicuous
features, a display from which at
tracted wfdV attention at the annual
strawberry' festival which closes to
day after three days of parades and
other functions with crowds of peo
ple from all parts of the county in
attendance. -
The last announcement that sugar
. Is apt to'go above 30 cents a pound
brings the calming reflection that
a home 'dryer may be made or
bought at a small price and that
dried " fruit, retaining all its sugar,
renders possible the boycott that
' the sugar profiteers so greatly merit.
BELATED PRAISE
V0V let the critics of the federal
IN railroad administration ' arise and
howl reproaches. The carriers under
private operation are doing just what
the railroad administration did. They
are pooling equipment They are dis
regarding routings and sending freight
by the most direct or practicable way
They have resorted to central car dis
tribution. And they are doing these
' things for precisely the same' reason
the railroad administration did. No
other methpd is possible. v- - --
As a matter of fact, time and fur
ther ..experience will, probably show
that the federal, railroad administra
tion handled the railroads of the na-
tloo through the war emergency with
as rare ability as has ever been dem
onstrated in railroad history.
Not only was the Job well done, but
a number ; of v ' high tide marks In
achievement were left to inspire pri
vate operation to endeavor for years
to come. -, ;
One may find scant Interest In
General Leonard Wood's aspirations
to the presidency and yet most
heartily agree with his asertion that
the revolver should be abolished.
The thug: carries a pistol for the
purposes of brigandage. ': The law
abiding citizen . who carries a re
volver in tha name of protection
really gives the highwayman, to that
extent, an argument for likewise
carrying ; his concealed weapon.
Abolish the revolver and the world
will be saved much of its .woe. In
the meantime, why not enforce the
law vigorously and rigorously which
denies the privilege of pistol toting
to every individual who lacks a
license.!
STRAFING THE SPEEDERS
I.
EVERY driver of a. motor vehicle
that kills or injures a person in
Detroit.! if In any way- at fault, la
jailed, Drivers will be charged with
Involuntary manslaughter in death
cases if the evidence warrants.1 The
license of every driver will be sus
pended j for one year if he is found
guilty of reckless driving. Fines have
been cast aside as deterrents to wild
drivers.!
A bureau of accident investigation
has been , established and the police.
public prosecutor and municipal
Judges have agreed to rigidly enforce
the law. The action is the result of
85 killings in the Michigan city since
January 1.
Although drastic, the action of the
Michigan authorities will unquestion
ably lower the toll of the reckless
driver. Jail sentences, license revoca
tion and manslaughter charges will
reach men that cannot be converted
with fines.
Speeders and reckless drivers are
arrested infrequently. They break the
law scores of times, and, perhaps, are
only caught once. They take a chance
when they face only, a small fine if
apprehended. Fines do not accomplish
the end sought It Is like fining a
bootlegger liOO who has made $1000
before being caught. He Is still 1900
to the good, with practically no pun
ishment.
Reckless drivers are not dealt with
sternly In Portland. Speeders seldom
go to jail. Theyay fines. And they
oome back. Scores of cards in the
police station show where drivers
have been In trouble five or six times
a year. One was at the police station
14 times in six months before his
license was finally revoked.
nU . TV . aY . ia . . J. -I .
me Lt;i,ruii mewioa win oring im
mediate results.: The process has been
slower in Portland.
It is a quip of dishonor to lest
about the -schemes f or . escapine: the
income j taxes levied by the United
States. Only one motive causes the
tax to be Imposed. The administra
tion of our government requires the
mpney.1 It is necessary to keep the
nation strong:. The man who tries
to escape his duty in payment of
Income tax is a slacker Just as much
as the j man who dodged military
duty. I
THE SCHULDERMAN DISMISSAL
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IT IS not surprising that Governor
Olcott resents the Dre-nrimarv
statements in political advertisements
that Sam Kozer Is his rubber stamp
man. j
No man likes to be accused of hav
ing a man "Friday." Mr. Schulder-
man'B tar-tica in that inloAKio
" vuv aa too vrci v
bad politics and In bad taste. He
himself: was a member of the gover
nor's official family. He was In of
fice by the governor's good will.
Though a hand-me-down from a
former administration, he was retained
in office by Governor Olcott.
To say the least, the Schulderman
campaign advertising carrying the in
sinuation that the governor was wil
ling to use Kozer as a sort of office
boy and that Kozer was willing to
be a mere office boy was, under the
conditions by which Schulderman
held office, very bad manners as well
as very ungrateful. It has not only
cost Commissioner Schulderman hie
position, but it probably cost him
votes in the primaries. Kozer has
been a faithful and a highly capabfe
officiaij and thousands of people
know it He had beefl 20 years on the
job. With many peotile the Schul
derman-attack on him outraged their
sense or rair play and made his cam
paign advertisements a boomeran
for the corporation commissioner.
Incidentally, isn't it highly probable
that our crvic standards have so. ad
vanced of late in Oregon that mud
throwers and political scandal mong
ers do jmore to harm than to serve
their cause T ; ' T ,
Why, fear the cost of a new Burn
side bridge? The extra cost im
posed upon traffic through delay
upon the present inefficient span
represents economic loss many times
greater than the interest and sink
ing fund for a bridge that will carry
the trans-Willamette traffic which
congests at this point.
: BACK TO THE WOLVES
THE foreign relations committee of
the senate has reoortfvi artvppoiv
on President Wilson's request to be
authorised to accept the Armenian
mandate.. ...
The committee was packed by Sen
ator Lodge for just 6uch purposes.
Lodge selected men, both Republicans
and Democrats, who could be in the
main counted : upon to enter upon a
career of destruction In matters of
foreign policy. ; ; '
This nation points with pride to the
great work it did in Cuba.; The peo
ple there were under tyranny. They
were illiterate, disheveled and chaotic.
This cation actually ; went to war
to free them. ' We; said j outwardly
that we attacked Spain on account
of the destruction of the Maine.. But
that was only, a shallow pretext It
was an excuse. 5 It is even uncertain
to this day that Spain had anything
to do with the destruction of the
Maine. f '
We went Into that war because the
people of the United States heard the
cry of humanity coming out of Cuba.
They heard of the grafting -and.extor-tionale
taxation and tyrannies and in
justices which the effete 'monarchy
of Spain was heaping upon a defense
less people almost under the shadows
of our own Statue of Liberty. We
entered the war because the people
of this country through, an indignant
and resentful public sentiment com
pelled our government to declare war.
And we put Cuba on her feet We
made the people there a self-respecting
nation. We gave them liberty
and sealed it with the blood of our
sons. And today there is not in Amer
ica one true bouI but points with
pride to that great humanitarian act
by a benevolent nation. ,
And we have exercised a similar
leadership in the Philippines, and we
are proud of that And we did the
same thing in China" at the time of
the Boxer rebellion, and it is one of
the glorious boasts of all Americans.
But a haughty clique of bodrbon
senators, piqued at the president be
cause, during the War, he led America
to the most glorious heights to which
any nation ever aspired, have con
jured up excuses and pretexts on
which to stifle the cry of the Arme
nians, a cry that has beeii coming
over the water for years upon years.
Some day there will be a reckon
ing for this kind of leadership. Some
day the hand of Omnipotence himself
will strike them down into- a hated
and forsaken oblivion, for the torch
of humanity still shines, the strength
of the Christian faith still endures.
Following the doctrine that a man
and wife are one, a Michigan judge
ruled that a man and wife on a Jury
make only one Juror. When he ex
cused the husband and accepted the
wife the other women on the Jury
giggled triumphantly. If there were
no unkind words at home that night,'
that man, smarting under his humil
iation, can be set down as an ideal
husband. .
CINDERS '
FOR eight hours J Sunday a fire
I swept throuKh the Deninanla in
dustrial district. A shipyard and hn
factory were entirely destroyed. Lum
ber yards ; and other plants were
badly damaged by the flames. Pron-
erty worth $600,000 was reduced to
cinders, and other property worth mil
lions was saved only by a timely
veer in the wind. The fire ate its
way through 60 acres of. land dotted
with industrial establishments. -
Months ago, a platform was erected
in the district., extending approxi
mately 75 feet out from the box fac
tory. Under it shavings were dumped,
ru&Disn collected, refuse : gathered.
The fire trap was laid. The tinder
awaited the torch. All that remained
was to apply the light
Sunday a man sauntered about the
trap. He dropped a match; or, maybe,
it was a cigarette. Fire Marshal
Grenfell doesn't know which. But it
suffices to know that the man sup
plied the light
In a few hours the shavings ' and
rubbish were in flames. The platform
caught Direct into the heart of the
factory the flames ran, held to the
course by the platform. Soon the
boxl factory was a huge pot of flame.
The tongues of fire shot out to othr
buildings. The shipyard caught and
Durned. otner buildings fired, and
only a sudden change of the wind
saved the newly established Aladdin
company, the West Coast Box & Lum
ber company, the Monarch lumber
mills, the North Portland Wood Manu
facturing yards, the Western Waxed
Paper company, and the Swift A.
Co. properties. It remained for nature
to protect the property that man
himself had endangered. .'
Where the trap is laid there will
be fire. In this instance preparations
were made when shavings were al
lowed to remain under the platform,
when the rubbish and refuse was per
mitted to stay there, lying in wait
for a torch. It would be quite as
safe to leave a bucket of coal, oil
about a building, j
Add to the carelessness of those re
sponsible for the presence of the
shavings and rubbish, the carelessness
or tne man who dropped the match
or cigarette Into the inflammables
and the cause of the catastrophe Is
established. The result is 51600,000 in
property burned to cinders and 500
fheri and women thrown out of em
ployment. i'-i -V; '
An exchange perpetrates this: Old
father Hubbard went to the cup
board to get his poor self a drink.
But when he got there the cupboard
was bareso got him a drink at the
sink. ' -s : .
INSURING BOOZE
AND now comes an insurance com
pany with policies covering stocks
of liquor against loss b fire, theft
burglary and larceny, i - i ; -
. The announcement goes auJq &&y
that "since July 1 the theft of liquor
from private homes has resulted in
the Iossl . of thousands of dollars.
Owing to the difficulty of settlements
on price, we now have obtained ex
ceptional facilities for adequately in
suring Wine and spirits against all
risks of tire, theft burglary and lar
ceny." The statement adds that the
owner shall place the value on the
stock. , j
Owners; of liquor are no doubt go
ing to pay considerable money Cut In
premiums. First they pay a premium
to get it and now a premium to
keep it j
HIRAM'S SMOKE
! SCREEN
By Carl Smith, .Washington Staff
Correspondent of The Journal
Washington, May 29. In the Far West,
where Senator Hiram W. Johnson is
chiefly kntwn as a fiery progressive, - it
may be surprising- news that Johnson is,
with the possible exception of Lowden,
the most indefinite candidate of all who
are entered in the Republican presiden
tial fight. Johnson makes long speeches,
sometimes I two hours in length; full of
vigor and declamation, but the closest
inspection of these speeches fails to re
veal that jhe has given any concrete
statement of his views, or advanced any
specific plan, either of domestic or
foreign pojticy. .
Johnson lis widely knoVh for opposi
tion to the League of. Nations, and on
first thought it might be said that here
was something on which his position Is
perfectly plain. But his recent inter
change of statements with Herbert
Hoover, following a direct request from
Hoover as) to what he meant by the
"English league," which he has been
denouncing, has left Hoover's question
unanswered. Hoover wanted to know
whether Johnson's flings against an
"English league" were aimed at the pres
ent covenant with the Lodge reserva
tions. Johnson's response was a state
ment in which he accused Hoover of
shifting ground, and of favoring reser
vations after becoming a candidate for
president. To this Hoover made the re
joinder :
"Senator - Johnson has not answered
my questions. Instead, he has emitted
a smoke screen of ' personal abuse and
quotations i which he attributed to me.
The senator apparently does' not wish to
say "yes ior no' as to whether the
'English league' as he cans it, is the
covenant with the Lodge reservations."
j .
Hoover's j experience in trying to get
anything specific out of Johnson in the
present campaign is not exceptional
Anyone who attempts lo find out what
Johnson proposes to do to remedy the
high-cost of living, for example, or what
plan of taxation he would adopt, is likely
to have a difficult time ef it. The same
thing is true of other questions. Johnson
is against "militarism," for example, but
his speeches do not give any definition
ct what he means by it, or what he con
siders a proper military policy for this
country to I pursue.
His speeches abound in denunciation of
"money in j politics" and tricks at the
primaries."!. He is against "hand picked
delegates."! He is for "Americanism,"
and he is; for the "Republicanism of
Lincoln and Roosevelt." He Is for free
press and free speech and the repeal of
all "autocratic laws." He is for economy
in government, for "old time American
ideals" and is against "burying the
American flag." - These and similar ex
pressions, elaborated and repeated, maRe
in the Johnson speeches. While Wood,
Butler, Harding, Hoover aftd others have
defined In some detail tjieir views on the
league, on j taxation, on military policy
and preparedness, on the treatment of
labor and I on government ownership,
Johnson has not done so.
!:
No one will say, however, that John
son does net make an attractive speech.
He has art aggressive manner and in
his denunciatory mood, lashing the prof
iteers and! corruptionists and political
tricksters, 'he makes a moving appeal.
The difficulty comes when one of his
audience afterwards takes one of his
speeches and tries to discover just what
principles of action he would follow to
meet present problems of government.
Communications sent to The Journal tot
publication ia this department should be writtan
on onlj; one side of the paper, should not exceed
SOO words in length and moat be signed by th
writer, whooei mail' addresa ia full mast accom-
pan ' th contribution. J
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LEAGUE COVENANT VALUES
Portlandj May 26. To the Editor of
xne Journal wnat is uvv percent Amer
icanism? Says Mr. Taft: "I agree with
Hoover that SO per cent of the value Of
the league remains, even with the qual
ification on abandonment of Article X.
One hundred per cent, less 90 per cent.
Is 10 per cent ; hence Mr. Hoover's valua
tion of Article X is 10 per cent. And
this is thej article that more than any
other recognizes obligation :
"The members of the league undertake
ti. respect and preserve as against extern
rial aggression the territorial integrity
and existing political independence of all
members of. the league. In case of any
aggression, j or in case" of any threat or
danger of such aggression, the council
shall advise upon the means by which
this obligation shall be fulfilled."
This t is the chief guarantee against
war. It is our own cherished Monroe
doctrine applied to all nations within the
league. ' Why .should we be willing to
reject it or wish to limit it In any way
whatsoever f Because we wish to escape
responsibility? Because we are 99 per
cent Americans? It seems to me the
reservationists show more concern about
the 10 per cent discount than the 90 per
cent value, j They are eager to liquidate
our international interests below par. I
wonder how Mr. Hoover would figure
the discount on the 13 other reservations
a trifling matter, no .doubt ; perhaps
3 per cent each, making, with Article X
rejected or1, modified, a total deduction
of 49 per cent, and leaving still a 51 per
cent league;' Why npt break even on a
60-50 basis? The economical Mr. Hoover
thinks we should "Hooveriie" ; the good
natured ex-president acquiesces. Why?
Because Lodge says so. Are we all
going to be ("Lodged"? Are we going to
sell out to the politicians? Just how
cheap are we, anyway?
! Bertha Slater Smith.
THE GOVERNMENTS BEES
Portland, May 28. To the Editor of
The Journal Our government has tons
and tons of frozen beef on hand. This
beef is to be sold by the government at
half the cost of fresh beef, direct to the
public, eliminating the : meat dealers'
profit or any other expense, in order to
cut down the high' cost of ' ttving. And
this is what has happened. The depart
ment handling this Deer has no . re
frigeration except a couple of dinky little
iceboxes. These balmy spring days soon
thaw this meat. It Is cut up, laid out
on, long counters, with no refrigeration
In them at all, and left to sell, and in a
few hours the meat naturally turns a
dark color and does not look inviting,
and the public buys -very little of it
And this is what happens again : Our
leading hotels and restaurants are buying
the choice cuts of all this meat, using
all they can each day and storing the
rest in cold storage to be used this sum
mer and sold at fabulous prices.
ovecaaard. one, restaurant .man jay.. HOh.
Letters From the People
what a clean' up we will make this com
ing festival, with Dlentv of choioa cuts
of meat, bought at half price, and meals
soia at double price."
Why don't the meals come down, with
meat, which is their biggest item, at half
price? My solution would be, either let
the government get properly equipped
to handle this meat or sell it to dealers
who have made a life studs of handling
fresh and frozen beef, and not flood the
market with this meat and make, million
aires of the restaurant men.
W. G. Glllin.
TIIK MASTER'S ANSWER CITED
Hillsboro. May 23. To the' Editor of
The Journal In spite of the weight of
"worldly" authority of their authors, not
one of the answers given to an earnest
Inquirer is in harmony . with law and
testimony. In the first five verses of
Luke 13 we find cases - on record co
inciding with the tragedy in St George's
church, and the Lord's answer which,
however, is not understood by Jew or
Gentile, the immortal life of the natural
body being sealed from them..
When, in the near future, the fourth
seal (Rev. 6:8) is opened and we are
in the midst of the terrible - judgments,
the fulness of the Gentiles having come
and they being cut off. having disre
garded Paul's warning (Romans 11:20),
J. Harold, in common with aty those who
believe only in a God or nature, win
not look, or at least will look in vain.
for deliverance to the God of nature.
The mighty God of Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob, however, the God of the living,
will make bare His holy arm and keep
all those stamped and sealed with the
square seal of the holy city Jerusalem.
israeute.
A CALL FOR LOYALTY
A ki.mim Wnari . Ma v 54. To the Ed
itor of The Journal I am very much
(mnvAauH 'with imif heai-tv Indorsement
of the Wilson administration. 1 think
it is a duty every loyal American owes
to the boys who fought over there and
in-f.hlftf. Now a
battle Is on in which politics is playing
a most prominent part, a oatue w opin
ions. Some are playing regardless of
the honor and best interests of the na
tion. And yet what could our presi
dent not have accomplished, both abroad
and at home, had ne been property f,sup
nnrtAA hv vi riAonlA at home? It makes
us sick at heart when we think of the
honor that might have been ours as a
ntlrn gnlt ht a TtlaCfe "W mlsM haVS
held among the peoples of the earth as
the leader. The eyes of the world were
on America, and when they saw what
happened, and Just at a time when the
world sorely needed leadership, they
were disappointed. She failed her sen
ate failed to represent her people. The
press sounded discord and failed to
stand back of the nation's leader.
It is now up to the Democratic party
to save the situation and Btand united
in m 4nct uum and ' nominate a man
who is in accord with the present ad
ministration. One wno Will, ll eiecieu,
take up the reins where President Wil
lava thom down. Just now the peo
ple are looking for something better
than the opponents or tne ieague 01
Nations have to offer, and it must be
i, ruinnratii nartv that will satisfy
their demands. Let us stand loyal to
our faithful leader.
Mrs. J. A. xriiwra.
ADDRESSED TO MR. KIMBALL
Tn-iri M 28. To the Editor of
A, VI v a r
rrvw TA,.nai T havB raA the letter of
XllO j vva -
Thomas Kimball In The Journal of May
24, and there are two or tnree mu
questions I would like to ask. He can
.nmor thorn in the Darker if he feels
like it. I am not giving my name for
publication, nor my aaaress. nave no
desire to be discharged next week on
some pretext or other.
Mr. Kimball nas set nimeeu up aa an
advocate of chivalry to women, so I
ask him :
mm warkini women have gone on
strike in an attempt to relieve them
selves' of some of the "pains or monot
onous and arduous toll," have you ever
championed then cause?
When working men have gone on
strike in an effort to gain greater op
portunities ror trteir women to -display
th.i. KhirnM ini) cleverness in eleerant
and refined leisure," have you ever
backed them upr
Hum vou never. In our own country.
seen men who did not give up their
seats to women? Or men who jostled
women In the streets, or men who ty
rannised over women in all sorts of
ways, just because they were physical
ly stronger and could do as they
pieaseai
The trouble with your chivalry Is, It
la all .,n.n A Ar rr wnmn : ttrhrt rtn t
need It. Give the ones who do need It
a square deal, and there will be no
Bolshevism in America.
. - i A Working Woman.
TREATING THE EFFECTS
Reedville, May" 25. To the Editor of
The Journal We 'never got anywhere
when during the reign of the saloon we
persisted in punishing the drunkard and
the barkeeper and left the cause of their
condition of lawlessness to go free. To
day we punish the L W. W. and let the
condition that causes I. W. W.-lsm go
merrily on unmolested. We are spend
ing barrels of money Jailing and deport
ing reds, when we could with profit
use some of It in providing stripes for
the profiteer and the speculator. We are
inviting disaster in evading the real issue.-
The nation is not making itself safe
by the jailing of a few reds. It must
wage up to a realization of the fact that
there exist conditions so intolerable that
they are breeding radicals by the thou
sands. O. E. Frank.
SKEPTICAL OF L. C. L. REPORTS
Portland, May 20. To the Editor of
The Journal I made Inquiry foday as
to prices of men's laundered collars
and Xlnd that the peak price Of 25 cents
each still prevails. A number of the
dealers advised me to buy at once, as
the price would be raised to 30 cents
each in the near future. This does not
harmonise with reported reductions in
prices, which I am Inclined to believe
are pure bunk. C A. Davis.
Curious Bits of Information
For the Curious
Gleaned From Curious Places
Mnaouitoes are able to fly 40 miles
nn o fit tm rlav and. if helped bv Wind.
may fly 150 miles. Recent investiga
tions have proved tnat two species or
Jersey mosquitoes, one of them the fa
mous "galllniper.', with striped legs,
hav a mlarratorv habit. Breeding ex
clusively in the salt marshes alongvthe
coast, . they tiy in l ana so or even .
miles, seeking blood. They can accom
plish this flight by mere strength of
wing, though an easterly breeze will
accelerate their travel.
Olden Oregon
Admission Difficulties Gave Oregon
a Good Lot of Advertising.
While the" Oregon question extended
over a number Of years and .was a sub
ordinate phase of the naUonal slavery
issue, the delayed admission of Oregon
as a sta,e served a good purpose in ad
vertising the new territory and bringing
it into prominence, in world affairs. In
the end -no territory was better treated
in the disposal of the . public domain,
sn that immigration was encouraged,
and in the end Oregon became a state
more easily than most territories. :
HOW TO AMERICANIZE AMERICA
from th Eugene uoara.
There ia a whoia lot of truth ia the
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE -
The twilight between war and peace
Is a long one.
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The favorite sons are now paying this
expense of their 'political Joyride.
Owing to the number of arrests made.
It seems easier to steal booze than to
buy It.
The prize platform accepted-by the
Republican national committee appears
to be dead timber.
More houses and more railroad cars
as well as more gasoline. Is the world's
greatest present want.
Prison bars will not keep -Debs from
hearing the news that he lias again been
nominated for president.
.
Supposing the Republican national
convention should declare for the league
with reservations . and then nominate
Hiram. What would Hiram doJ .
a
, ft Is understood that some reserva
tions for a sleeper t Chicago have been
cancelled since the returns from Fri-
aay a primary came In. Even at that,
some of the defeated candidates for
delegate are going anyway. .
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
- A. L. Demaris and Thomas Copelaad,
two ol the million-dollar farmers of the
Walla Walla country, believe in letting
the sons do the work so that the parents
can 'enjoy life In their middle-age. De
marls has two ranches,! one of 800 acres
and the other of 240, -which he has in
wheat and hay, while Cope land has a
paltry little 3000 acres which he puts in
wheat and fine cattle. Each has sons
who stay at home as obedient sons
should, they say, and feed the cows
and pick the aphlds out of the wheat,
while the fathers - jaunt up and down
California and other attractive places.
'
TThey are worth H0.00b.000," so the
chauffeur whlspened to the bellboy at
the Multnomah. And the ' chauffeur,
having driven them all' the way Up from
Mexico, feels he is in position to know.
The subjects are Mr. and Mrs. Henry
I Bodner of Zurich, Switzerland, who are
touring the. United States, Mexico and
Canada by automobile. B. C. Campbell
is driving the car. The Bodners were
taken to view the Columbia river high
way Friday afternoon by Ernest Larra
bee, assistant manager of the Multno
mah, where the visitors are staying.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Snow of Hood
River report conditions excellent in the
apple country, and the orchards in fine
shape. While the prospects are not so
good for bo big a crop as was marketed
last year, the orchardlsts will still make
money unless there is too much profiteer
ing in boxes and paper. Apple boxes
that formerly sold for 18 cents are now
80 cents, while paper has risen 125 per
cent in price, says Snow. The Snows
are spending a few days at the Oregon.
Herbert Cuthbert, secretary of the
Northwest Tourist association, is at the
Imperial on his return homeward . from
Stockton, Cal., where he has been fur
thering the interests of Northwest travel.
Cuthbert resides in Seattle. . . t
. - . .
Raymond Hitchcock, who Is appear
ing at. the Heillg with his original
"Hitchy-Koo" company, is. registered at
the Multnomah. The company was en
tertained on Friday with a trip over the
Columbia river highway, by Mayor
Baker. Calvin Heillg, John B. Xeon, Jul
ius Meier and Eric V Hauser.
. ..
The five Portland delegates to the
national convention of the Greeters of
America are anticipating a lively time at
Salt Lake and at Colorado Springs, where
the meeting will be held. The hotel boys
from Portland will start Jane 10 or 11
and spend one day en route at Salt
Lake, where a lively entertainment has
been planned by the Utah Greeters. A
letter received by Ray Clark of the
Multnomah from the Utah chapter tells
of salt sea bathing, organ recitals, au
tomobile rides and dances to be crowded
into the day's entertainment. Oregon
Greeters Will spend three days at Col
orado Springs. Other Greeters will stop
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN, ,
By Fred Lockley . i ' v
iv.ii... nMfitAn matter relating
" " ,. . . '
to Baron Shibusawa of Japan. Mr. Lockley dis
cusses income tsjtea and prawnta some interesting
statistics aa to how many pay them in largest
amounts In th various sections, particularly in
the Coast states.) -
"Not long ago I received a most cordial
letter from Baron Ei-ichi Shibusawa.
He Is a Japanese millionaire. I met him
in 1909 here in Portland. He is presi
dent of the First bank of Toklo, also
of the Toklo Savings bank, and of the
Imperial Theatre company. He is chair
man of the Toklo Bankers association
and director of the Toklo Alms House.
He was born in 1840. His mother was a
daughter of the well known Hachebei
I to. Baron Shibusawa in a speech made
at our Commercial club here in Portland
said as he looked at his fellow guests,
"My legs are not so long as ypurs, but
my heart Is as large and my interest in
you ia as warm as is yours for us."
. He served under the Tokugawa sho
gunate as a young man. going to Europe
in 1867 as the companion of a prince
of Tokugawa. - He was appointed an
official of the Imperial treasury.' He
founded in 1873 the first national bank
established In Japan. He also estab
lished the first business college in
Japan, now the Toklo Higher Commer
cial schooL In , 1878, with Count Okuma
and Prince I to. he established the Toklo
Chamber of Commerce, of which he was
chairman till 1905. He was In this
country In 1902 and again In 1909. His
postoff ice address is : "Baron Shi
busawa, . Nishigahara Toklnog-awa,
Klta-to Shimagun, Tokio, Japan."
Here in the United States we have
three times as many millionaires today
as we had in 1914. The income tax offi
cials recently listed S654 millionaires by
states and by occupation. There are IS
in the Rocky mountain states, 137 in the
Southwest. 281 in Oregon, Washington
and California, 377 tn the Northwestern
states. 844 in the.Southt 818 In the New
England states, 1075 in the Middle West,
1267 in the East excluding New , York
state and the New England states. New
York state has 3388, moil of whom are
in New York city.
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Nevada is the only state that has no
millionaire citizen. The list prepared
by tne Income tax officials does not be
gin, to include all our millionaires, for,
In order to be listed with the income
tax department as a millionaire, your
income must exceed $100,000 a year. The
largest yearly income listed was $34,-
New York World's recipe for American
izing America, when it asserts that we
have got to begin at the top. We can
not teach that doctrine to foreigners un
fortunate or misguided when we do not
practice it ourselves. We fight each
other like the Bolshevik! and the Men
shevikl. We run away from our Oblici
tlons. We proclaim our devotion to a
guaranteed peace and then refuse to
have anything to do with it. We pre
tend to adore liberty and progress, but
we enact laws destructive of both. In
NEWS IN BRIEF
. SIDELIGHTS
Water and f electric light users ' at
Eugene wUl ppay higher rates after
June 1. . ;
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Klamath hai three separate sections
of paving under way, and four more
almost ready for final authorization.
Tt takes th thirsty seeker, some time
tn riiarovAr." remarks the Albany Demo
crat, 'that alliwhiskey nowadays Is bad
whiskey, oniy jsome of It Is worse than
others. -
The Prlneviille-MUcheU staae line,
which has been contemplated for some
time, will start service on June 1. the
first service between the .two el ties for
many years. , -''
All that Orgon seems to lack, now
ah at tho Aleutian has settled several
vexatious problems, is some good soak
ing showers jf rain, is the opinion of
the Eugene tfuara.
prtinnt tviat-lectlon observation by
the WoodburfF Independent: "Election
passed off qutfrtly. It used "to be differ
ent, but times have changed. Less inter
est in shown also, and it ia to be regret
ted that some of the women do not care
whether they Vote or not."
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three days at; Denver after the regular
business session, but the Shrine conven
tion in Portland will necessitate the re
turn of the Oregon boys. They expect
to be back on the evening' of June 19.
Those who will attend the hotel con
vention from I Portland are Ray Clark,
jPl. E. Larrlmpre,-: Harold Olson, R. Z.
Duke and Charles Schreiter.
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Dollars are 'connected up with steam
ships on the Pacific coast, for the Dollar
steamship line has vessels In nearly
every Easterbjf port. Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert Dollar are registered at the Benson
from San Francisco. With them Is their
manager, Charles R. McCormick, llke
wlseof the Bay city.
Captain T. J. MacGlnn. "the skipper
poet," of the ! Rose City line, is resting
a few days at toie New Perkins, where he
knows everybody . and everybody knows
Lhim. MacGlnn, besides being a seaman
and a verse (maker, is someming oi a
historian and" .knows a whole headful of
Northwest history.
- .
E. H. Markwart. engineer for the Ros
ter Barrel company of San Francisco, Is
at the Portland. The Koster Barrel com
pany Is one of the big concerns of the
Pacific coast which has recognised the
value of business connections In Port
land. Markwart Is here for the pur
pose of taking preliminary steps toward
opening up of a branch house here. .
F. ' IL, Gaulke, the banker of Joseph,
where everybody goes to see the Wal
lowa mountain country, accompanied by
his daughter, 3s visiting at the Imperial.
Nile C. King of Gresham believes In
a little campaigning', for "auld lang
syne's" sake.; When he was studying
law many years ago Lowden was his
classmate and they were graduated at
the same time. So King registers arter
his name on the New Perkins book.
"Lowden for President-"
. .
Mr. and Mrs. Will H. Bennett of
Salem are guests at the Imperial. Ben
nett la state superintendent of banks.
C. L J. Smith of Seattle, publisher of
the United CommerclalJTravelers' Guide;
In here to attend the United Commercial
Traveling Men's conference. Smith is
registered at the Multnomah.
Among the funny names scribbled on
the hotel registers is that of Moonlight
Spitcer. who is staying at the Cornelius.
Moonlight is a member, of the Hltchy
Koo company,
:
Alfred G. Lunn. who teaches young
agriculturists ji down At Corvallls how to
raise poultry .3 la a guest at. the Seward.
.!"
Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Rlggs and Mr.
nA iMra William &ilmin of Portland
are guests t the Hotel St. Francis
in San rancisco.
936,604. and was probably that of John
D. Rockefeller. Mrs. E. IL Ilarriman's
yearly, income was given as $5,794,569.
A considerable number reported annual
incomes ranging from two or five mil
lions.
' a '
Oregon has one man whose income
for 1917 was over $250,000, four whose
income exceeded $200,000,-two over $160,
000, and six that exceeded $100,000.
Twenty-six persons showed Incomes In
excess of $2,000,000 a year each, six of
$3,000,000 or more, eight of $4,000,000 or
more, four of $5,000,000. ; California has
six men whose annual incomes are more
than $500.0001 each ; and 170 small fry
who, though millionaires, have Incomes
of only $100,000 to $400,000 a year.
Oregon has 13 millionaires, while
Washington has 29, according to income
tax department statist lea ,
In a recent report on the incomes of
men of different occupations it Is said :
"In connection with individual In
comes, It is interesting to note that II
men listed as saloonkeepers returned in
comes of $250,000 each and one returned
$100,000. One architect earned $200,000.
two $150,000 each, and two $100,000 each.
One artist earned $25,000, and under the
classification of . "authors, editors and
reporters," eight returned incomes of
$100.000.' two of $150,000. two Of $200,000,
one $250,0OOj, one $300,000, and one
$500,000. Of the lawyers and Judges,
108 returned 1 11)0,000 each; 44, $150,000;
18, $200,000; 10, $250,000; eight, $300,000 ;
four, $400,000; 10. $500,000; two, $1,000.
000. and two, $1,500,000. In the theatrical
profession five returned Incomes of
$10000 each; four, $150,004 each; two,
$200,000 each; two, $250,000 each, and
one, . $300,000. This includes movie ac
tors and actresses, among whom million
dollar Incomes are supposed to be com
mon. "One teacher returned an Income of
$100,000. Nine insurance agents re
turned $100,000, each, and seven $150,000
each. Six theatrical managers returned
$100,000 each; five, $150,000; one, $200,
000 ; three, $250,000. and two. $300,000. In
the class of farmers and stock raisers,
83 returned $100,000 each: 13. $150,000;
nine, $200,000 two, $250.000 ; four,
$300.000 ; seven, $400,000 ; two, $500,000.
"Two clergymen returned $10O,0O0
each, and one. $150,000. Ten doctors re
turned $100,000 each; six, $150,000; four,
$200,000; one, $250,000; four, $300,000;
one, $400,000, and one. $500,000. One
commercial traveler returned $100,000,
and one, $150,000."
the councils of the world we are sus
pected and distrusted.
When all are for party and hone for
country, American ideals are bound to
be lost. The immigrant agitator who
preaches coercion and violence Is not
assalliner American Institutions of which
he knows nothing.. He is only following
in the-footsteps of party-mad citizens
who are recklessly doing the - very
thing charged against him. The way to
deal with him so long as he stops short
of crime is to cure Americans first.
The Oregon Country
Jortbwaat Hppnin tn Brief Form (or V.
Ba7 Bder.
' OREGON
A representative of the war depar
mftnt la at I.nk... - .a I
claims of service men. i
Automobiles are stalled at dlffero!
points in Lane county on account of V.
acute gasoline shortage. )
. R. F. Klrkpatrlck of PerMleton h;
been elected grand patriarch of the grar
encampment of Odd Fellows.
Three million pounds of apples we'
converted into juice aud Jellies laat yei
by -the Fhes company of Salem. j
The acreage of strawberries. In t!
Willamette valley Is reported to be mo?
than double that of a year ago.
Federal officers raided the home of
Wi"n Lo?,frd at -nervals' and seized I
still and large quantity of liquor.
i Operations have commenced in the tie
cannery at Hillsboro. The plant in oi
of the most modern on the const.
It is expected that the paving of ti
Pacific hiifhwflV hstii'un Ilk .. .
Jefferson will be completed" by July
By appropriating Water from the nort
rork of Burnt river private enterprise I
Baker county plans to irriRate Hi
acres.
Notwithstanding the December Xfre
a MT'iitwa mat tne iopanbtrry en
the WillamAttA iratl.tt ...411 t - i .
In
as last season. i
Qovftrrtrtr nlni v. .. . . .
. v.wn nog ai'iutiueu j. r.
Blank of Canyon city as district h?
i TI vnam coumy to succeed A. 1
Leedy resigned. . i
Application has been made for tl
forfeiture of the lrnnii k., i- i
Frazier of Eugene, convicted of former
Frazier has been missing since May 6,
The National Fruit company of Tori
land has bought a 267 acre fruit ran.
nr iwoiroM in .uouglas countv. It wi
be developed along scientific lines, It
slated. .
,X!ctory tenons have arrived at T)
Dalles recruiting station for all ev
marines. Men in ...
celve a silver button, nthnn. k-..-.
button. . .
The Fairmore irrigation district of Or
tarlo has filed an application with tl
state engineer to approve the projec
which embraces 300 acres of land adjolt
ing Ontario. ' j
The city council, of rrlnevllle hi
fiassed an ordinance making the oprr
Imit 15 miles an hour in the city limit
No person under 16 will be allowed t
drive a motor vehicle. j
Plans are being made at Trlnevll
for the only celebration of Independenr
day in Central Oregon. The cotnpletlo
.the Ochoco irrigation project dai
w iiojiorea at tne same Hiue.
WASHINGTON
xne iirst nome grown strawberries r
the season have been put on the Vat
couver market. j
A Spokane retail market has at
nounced reductions In the price of me::
averaging 2V cents per pound.
The first cutting of alfalfa In the Tim
pine district will commence In 10 day
The crop is said to be unusually heav;
The school censu. of Aberdeen show
a total of 4009 or 41 less than last yea
The largest family found had 10 men
bers.
The first cutting of alfalfa fa und
way in the lower Yakima valley. Th
prevailing price for the crop Is $25 p
ton.
The registration books at Vancouvr
have closed for the special dock bondin
election, the number registering beln
3619.
The mayor of Seattle has behadvi8f
that certain appralnals made of the mi,
nlclpal street railway before it was pur
Chased by the city cannot be found. f
Because of the oil shortage in Orlnntr
ports the Pacific Steamship company'!
steamer of Seattle Is being converted itit!
a coal burner at Kobe.
Sixty residents of Tncoma narrow!
escaped death near I'ort Ward when the
were trapped a mile from shore on
blazing launch with a heavy sea run
ning. I
While passing through ProHer
Northern Pacific train struck an autr
mobile driven by Phillip Wamba, wh
was unhurt, although the car was bad!
-damaged.
A body practically Identified as tha
of Ole Hanson, alleged to have been
participant in the Armistice day murder j
at Centralis, has been found nttar dak!
ville.' It was evidently a-case of fuU-.idi
- Notice has been filed with the puM) !
service commision by the WetiMtrh-i
Valley Gas or Klectric company that o ;
June 15 the rate for electric t"wer f
pumping will be raised from $36 to $4 i
per horespower during the Irrigation sea
son. ' .
IDAHO
Examination questions have been sn
to the various summer schools fo
teachers. , '
W. H. Thompson of the Boise it
council has been selected to- succeed W
D. Stevens, commissioner of parks.
The Coeur d'Alene Chamber of Com
merce has appropriated $250- lo assif
in entertaining the O. A. R. encampment
June 8.
The federal grain supervision of th
bureau of markets will hold sessions it
Idaho county, June 14. at Grangeville
June 15 at Cottonwood.
.Morrison - Knudsen have beet
awarded the contract for srraxllng mvm
miles of road between Barber and Ar
rowrock by the county commissioners.
P. L. Nell has been appointed b;
Governor Davis to membership in hi
cabinet to succeed the late J. K. Whit
He will hold the 'portfolio of comtnis
sloner of public welfare.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
I knowed a feller down In Catlfom;
a few years back that wrote a book oi
"How to Be Happy and Prosperou
Though Married," or somelhin' like tha
in glneral roeanin anyhow, and "for.
he'd sold a thousand of 'em his w1f
run off with another feller and swTTt
all the money he had in the bank. Thew
literature makin' chaps don't need t
know very much 'bout anything thej
write. They don't even have to lool
wise, fer some of 'em .looks might;
otnerwise. tsome or em is tne DiRge
fools I ever. seen. We had one In Texts.!
that laid 'round all day lookin' at an
hills, and wrote a book he fnade $10,00i
from about 'em, and he didn't know ho
to milk a goat or foller a cow to water
Here Is a Gentleman Who
Justly Appraises the
Women of the Coast
More beautiful roses than Portland
roses never have been found. But
how about the roses of girlhood and, '
womanhood around whom not the
blossoms center most of the lmK
ery, the poetry and song that are
dedicated to the rose?.
Our . comments would be set atide
as prejudiced. But we are not the
less convinced that where the rose
blooms In perfection, every natural
condition favors finding there a!o
the fairest of the gentle sex. Here,
however, is a comment from a trav
eler who has been from coast to
coast: i
"Eastern men are handsome, but '
women are ugly. The men have
what we call 'pep,' or 'get-up,' and j
are poute and courteous. The wom
en are irritable, selfish, do not know
th meaning of courtesy and are
victims of 'make-up.
"We find io real beauties until we
reach the West. Portland and Seat
tle, can boast of beautiful women. I
have come to the conclusion that the
milder climate may be responsible
for this. I have found all the
sweet natured women in- the West.
That alone makes a woman beauti