THIS OREGON: DAILY JOURNAL, : P ORTL AND; TUESDAY, JUNE 1. 1920.
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, v ' Maitbi Babdoek.'
YESTKRDAT'S PARADE
COME of the steps in yesterday's
O parade were' halting. Others were
light, quick and' elastic.
:Some heads were as snowy as the
summits of eternal. Hood. And there
were furrowed faces and gnarled and
knotted hands. - Other hands " were
strong : ana steady , ana cueeaj
f- otlied with the : freshness . of
i -m; and other locks were, in tne
r . 1 cnlvnrinp rt rlfh hrnvin nnrf hlnftlr
and auburn.
;Two generations marched together
and typified the nation in its strength
and its resolution. Age, -and ; youth
t A :ha.ii answered the summons and
dee their bit mingled their tribute
to those "who fell on the fiatlon'S
iiel is and. those wh(j lie in rianders
"'Xieid. it: '":.-; :;v: l -
; Above thena was the flag, : almost
human as Its folds rose and fell in the
bof t breeze. It !sj the flag thai those
(who sleep at Cpncord and Lexington
.and-cruel Valley Forge raised on high,
the '' pictured purpose of embattled
farmers who highly resolved that all
derive their Just powers from the
consent of the t governed. . -
H Is the flag that, is emblematic of
liberty and democracy and the ballot
and the, rule of the majority and .'a
lpgal remedy for every wrong and the
full sovereignty of every citizen.
is the flag that banished here all dis
f -ptlons of birth and blood and gives
l j - every man equal standing before
ilhe law.; Some mistaken persons
, doubt that flag question . its justice
and challenge Its : purpose., 'But it
Unds for just what the people make
sUikW The ballot Is-in their hands,
ere-is no charge for admission to
3, polling places. The door .to he
tlrg booth is wide .open and there
a I fair count. ! The mistakes that
Tide are the people's own mls
, not the; flag's, not the, constl-
.s,.not the repub lie's. . !
;r. while, -under our flag, America
.i r.ot chaoiiO"1 Mexico, nota. torn
end disheveled. Russia, not a hapless
Germany,, not ! a rudderless 'Austria,
not ja diabolical Turkey.; Vnder our
flagj, every heme Is a castle, every
. hearthstone a family'8 sanctuary and
every Individual his own commander.
. And so the old veterans; of a fonrier
geneiratlon and the young veterans of
a liter generation neid th Tlflar nn
higfi VesterdaY . and 'marched ' together
under it and, gave and give to it their
loyalty and tievbtlon.
Its is worthy' of their loyalty, and
urs. It is the harbinger and counter-
. e ' ,-tt of rogress and free government
' " every nd and under ; every sky.
:V:i it dew n, and you pull down the
- I s cornerstone of freedom.
,.T make ends meet a Philadelphia
t. : .1 .-' school , prof esor sella flowers
cn the ' street after school hours.
Out In Portland he cmight better
supplement his salary by doing some
extra hours as a bootblack or a
street cleaner. , .
TO END A NUISANCE
c
T!T near the main entrance to
Mount Tabor park a group of
Scouts cleared the brush from a
r.t lot. The property I was so
v ae
ch innproyed in appearance that the
r.er, f who had neglected the -r waste
n it, became confident that he
M sol! It for a larger price than
' I been asking. -''T
t alas for appearances and hopes.
n cry nxt morning, -Jike the .toad
I c : rrrowth of night, there ap
! c a the newly, cleared space
Y
large deposit of tin cans. Weeds and
brush ; arc less offensive. Nature
rarely makes waste space - bo un
sightly as does man.
Portland. It appears, has plenty of
law against such, nuisances. The city
attorney answers the query of a Jour
nal correspondent as to the , legality
of i permitting or creating unsightly
conditions, by saying; .
There 'are .ordinance which " require
the cnttine of Kra from premise, the
removal of rubbish and other articles
which, cause danger of fire or which are
detrimental to the public health. There
are also provisions which authorise the
city engineer in cases where a nuisance
exists in the shape of rubbish, cans and
so forth upon lota or adjacent street
area to post notice upon the property
requiring the owner or occupant to clear
away the rubbish and In the event of his
failure to do so within a prescribed
time, then the engineer may clear the
premises and adjacent street of tlTe rub
bish, keep an expense account of the
coat and upon reporting the matter to
the council is authorized to charge an
assessment lien against the property for
the expense. ' v; ? f. :- 'V..-"'' : ';- 'T:v
"f There Is plenty, of law to make people-
be: decent, but the ; law is obvi
ously of small, avail against i those
whose personal standards permit such
infractions. ; "'-X
; Many insist that the best way to
end the obnoxious practice is through
municipal garbage collection. Years
ago the people of Portland authorized
an Issue of 175,000 in bonds with
which to Install r municipal garbage
collection. The bonds have never been
sold. : There is ; every likelihood that
tf an enterprising city; commissioner
should take up the question he would
find It possible to finance noi only
municipal garbage collection but a
reduction . plant; which would return
profits to the city.
Until such time as this plan Is fol
lowed the belitterment of vacant lota
is likely to continue, no matter if the
ordinances against it ' fill a five-foot
shelf. -
Roger' Babson's discovery that
more preachers' sons become multi
millionaires than bankers' sons is
probably less an evidence of supe
rior financial training In the minis
terial home thart of revolt against
the - financial . sacrifices - when the
preacher's children spend most .of
their 'early life learning to politely
camouflage. . "
A? CHAUFFEUR'S STORY
A N old Portland chauffeur recently
V remarked :
"When I started driving a car I took
right of way at intersections when it
was mine. I thought the other driver
knew, traffic rules and always brought
his car under con trol at the corners.
Within a short time I had been In
three smashups. Now I . wait to see
whether the other man has his car
under control, whether I have right
of way or not. You can't , always
count on-what tlje other driver will
ao, ana ir you depend on him to give
you right of wayt even if it Is yours.
you will get hit sooner or later. r Too
many cars are not under control.' -
This chauffeur drives a car every
day on Portland streets. He knows
whereof he speaks. He encounters all
kinds of drivers-And he doesn't have
accidents any ' more. The reason is
that he allows for the mistakes of the
othfer driver -expects them; As a re
suit his. car Is under such : control
that he can avoid the other machine
And he hits at the heart of accident
prevention. It Is a matter of control.
Little matter what the circumstance
complete control of a car almost In
variably insures freedom from colli
sions.. If the machine can be brought
to a stop " within a few feet a very
few feet there is small likelihood of
a smashup. : ' , - " ,v;; '
Other drivers make mistakes, r They
always will. Pedestrians are careless
Some always will be. And so lonrr as
competent drivers have such "condi
tions to race they, .in order to avoid
accidfcnts, must essentially have their
machines ; under such control as to
allow for the improvidence of others,
Allowance must always be made for
the mistakes of those drivers and
pedestrians who haven't yet learned
the-prmclples of safety . '
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It's an 111 wind that blows nobody
good. The large increases In trans
continental freight rates which are
imminent will. It Is said, induce
many powerful manufacturing. inter
ests to . establish branches on the
Pacific coast, and "well known 'names
and brands will become at home In
the home industry of this region
BUSINESS MEN RESPOND
NE of the distinctive services per-
formed by Mary Frances Isnm
late librarian, of Portland, was the
organization and equipping of a bus!
ness man's section In the Portland
central library.
. The best experts on business litera
ture were consulted In the selection
of volumes ; for the , business .men
library. r Effort was made to learn the
wishes , of ' the: business men. Works
on advertising, merchandisinr. bank
ing, the philosophy and Dsycholotrv
of business, commerce, wholesaling,
retailing and many kindred subjects
were provided in.profusion.
The fact that the business clubs
are this week observing "Mary Fran
ces lsom Memorial Week" Is In itself
an evidence that her efforts aroused
lasting appreciation:
But the further fact t:iat at each
of the clubs the Mary1 Frances lsom
memorial fund is being increased. by
voluntary contributions speaks even
more loudly of the place won' and
the .work done in Portland; by this
remarkable woman. - - " ' -r
No fund, could be made large
enough to adequately commemorate
the lasting value of her service. ; It
should, therefore. . not be a large
amount,' but it should contain- the
small contributions of the many and
should be spent for a memorial opon
which the words of the Inscription
would be more golden than the mate
rial of which It Is made.
XJIGANTIC PROFITS
THE Bethlehem Steel ; corporation
took profits In 1916 equivalent
to 145 per cent of Its capital stock.
according to figures submitted to the
Railway Labor board by W. J. Lauck,
economist for the railway brother-,
hoods.'" The profits of the giant con
cern amounted In the three years
1916-18 to three times the par value
of the stock In 1916. Lauck also de
clares that: ' -
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The United States Steel company made
enough profits in 1916 to replace : its
gigantic bulk of capital stock in three
years. . ; . ,
The Cambria Steel concern's profits for
two years amounted to $50,000,000 on a
capital stock of 145.000.000. ;
Superior Steel made 250 per cent prof
its in 1916 and thereafter reincorporated
with a capital stock 14 times the original
figure. '"'.. t is
Lauck told the board, that while the
price of basic iron and steel increased
300 per cept since 1914, the profits of
18 leading companies advanced , from
174,650,000 in 1913rl4 to $3T7j00O,OOO in
1916-18, or four and one-half times the
pre-war average. .T:' ?; ;.r:3-
Although the average pre-war profit
for Bethlehem Steel was 1450000,; It
was $29,000,000 in 1916-18. The profits
for United States Steel In 1916-18 were
$211,000,000 as against $53,000,000. ; be
fore the war. i The return was 31 per
cent In - 1916. J . Crucible's : earnings
jumped from 3 per cent to mo're than
20 and Republic Steel took . profits
seven times greater than those prior
to- the war.
The profits are so stupendous as to
be incomprehensible.:; They are '. be
yond the grasp of the human mind.
But they prove that it was not essen-.
tial to raise the price of steel- 300
per cent, and prove t that the steel
corporations :. deliberately; profiteered
while brave Americans were offering
thelf lives. In defense of tiie; republic
The world war merged the blue
and the gray into khaki brown.; It
is time now for khaki brown to ap
pear again in the blue of overalls
raising the gray dust of cultivation
amid the green of growing fields.
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THEIR BROTHERS KEEPER
IN the new, home they are about! to
build for aged and dependent mem
bers of their order, as well as In their
many other activities, the United
Artisans of ' Portland : are doing a
splendid work.
The world was never so much " in
need of the gospel of good will. Hate
is everywhere and in accentuated
form The great war filled the earth
with fury. Class is contending with
class. Group is arrayed against group
as never before. Strife and conten
tions .and antagonisms are in every
land... - 1
There is good -will and thought of
the under dog in the teachings and
example of the Artisans. Here is to
be a sightly and comfortable home on
four acres of artistlcal Iy - laid 5 out
grounds for; the; shelter and asylum
of those whom misfortune or unfor-
tuitous surroundings have brought
unprepared to the downhill side of
life.j; There are more of such; people
man we . are wont to account for; In
our estimate of things. Ninety-seven
out of every 100 are in part or in
whole, dependent at 65 upon friends,
relatives or the public for food, cloth
ing and shelter. And here is a com
pany of thinking men and women of
the Artisans order who pleUce to
their aged all the comfort and all the
rest due those . whose strength is
wasted and whose power to struggle
gone. .
' Nor is it in this alone that the order
is serving mankind. Like all oilier
fraternal organizations it teaches the
doctrine, of good will and fraternity
among hs members. It typifies and
emphasizes , the : thought that "I am
my brothers keeper." In addition.
there Is monetary benefit for members
who fOr one reason or another, ' fall
under the need of assistance. : ;
Why not have the whole world or
ganized .under such a spirit and such
a purpose?. How foolish mankind is!
Captain Lewis of the police bureau
says that between the arriving time
of an automobile that made a cross
town dash at 50 miles an hour and
another that proceeded at a legal
rate .there was a time interval of
barely 50 seconds. Why the waste
ful haste to save 50 seconds when It
may land you In eternity 50 years
ahead of time? ' '
THE TWO MINUTES:
QPEAKING of hurtful hurry,. a Jap-
tf anese baron Is said to have visited
the University of California and, leav
ing,-was put aboard a comfortable,
partially filled local car.
At a junction the party transferred
to . a much; crowded ; through car.
Japanese courtesy weathered the test
so far as manner went, but the baron
could nbt resist the i question, "Why
did we leave the comfortable car for
this one which is so crowded? -
He was told; "Oh, we save two min-
utes getting Into San Francisco." r
Ah," said he, "and what wir we
do with the two minutes?" -
The statistician of a large insur
ance company finds that during the
period from 1911 to 1919 the .death
rate from drowning among the' con
cern's policyholders was 31 for each
100,000 young men ranging in age
from 15 to 19 years. Among girls
and young women drownings were
about one-tenth as frequent. ; The
8wlmming season is near.. To' ward
tragedy from the sport calls, also,
for application of the doctrines of
'Safety First" Don't go Into the
water when overheated or immedi
ately after eatlncr. Learn to swim.
Letters From the People
t ConmasiestioiM seat to The lounial for
pnbbeaUon in this department ahould be written
on only ono eld of the paper, ahoold not exceed
SOO worda in tenctb. and moat ba aicnad by tfce
writer, who mail addraaa in full must aooom
paaj tbe contribution. ) -
"SWITZERLAND AND THE LEAGUE
Portland, May 26. To the Editor f
The Journal I read with great Interest
your . splendid editorial in last Satur
day's Journal entitled "A Nation s De
cision,', referring to Switzerland's popu
lar vote In favor of : entering - Into- the
League of Nations. I am an ex-dtlsen
of that country, the oldest republic In
the world, and for the last ,25 years
have been -a citlssen of the greatest and
grandest republic In the world, I have
always tried hard to live up to the laws
of my new home, though also always
insisting . on enjoying the privileges
guaranteed by Its constitution. .
Many of ' your i unobserving readers
will take all you say for granted, be
lieving that ; Switzerland had ; accepted
the league pact as offered, 'swallowed
hook and all." so to speak. This, how
ever," Is contrary to the facts as taken
from leading newspapers of that coun
try. It was only after thefgrand coun
cil" at Paris conceded the demands
made by , them that they set the date
for a popular vote to decide that Ques
tion. 'Their main demands were an ab
solute guarantee of permanent neutrality-
as written down at the Vienna con
gress over a hundred years ago, their
own right to decide on war or no war,
and the undisputed right to defend their
borders against any invader. It was
only after they had this guarantee that
they started to agitate In favor of the
league, while before that their sympa
thies for the league were less' than luke
warm., ':''.,!::';' x.:
Now if Switzerland, a neutral country,
therefore not an , active participant In
the world war,, could insist on reserva
tions, why . should Uncle Samuel, that
mighty t big fellow, the giant among
giants, -the deciding factor' In winning
th war. ba 0omnelld ta accent that
league as written down by a bunch of
selfish, "wily"; ministers of Europe?: -
No sane man is .against a league 'of
nations, but, no American is willing to
sell the sacred rights of his country, to
any European clique, unless he be one
who tti tarhr . Intnjit above that of
the welfare of - the country.;; God and
the world know that Uncle Sam Is a
blghearted fellow and if he asks for any
favors he is: glad If others can enjoy
them as well. , He has no selfish mo
tives -whatever. Therefore, ' let us fight
for-' a league that' protects our rights
and the home of pur Children, and If we
cannot have that, then no league at all.
' v - , O. P.
THE USE OF SAMPLE BALLOTS
Portland,: May. 24. To the Editor of
The Journal Under our-election system
as the same now - exists, thousands of
sample ballots are printed at public ex
pense and then used to warp the. public
wilL K Interested - parties, or those who
care not , for expense and are . desirous
or defeating some person or electing
some favorite,: procure the : sample bal
lots by the . thousands, : mark them . and
place them , where they will do the most
good. For example: The - Anti-Blue
Law ' league : Is probably controlled by
one man, or two, or three at the most;
this league is in touch with all soft drink
establishments, cigar stands, , ice cream
parlors, soda Jountans, etc At public
expense, by, the use of the marked bal
lots, the operators of these places are
told , of the desire of the head . of - the
league,, who may , be operating the same
for selfish purposes. The ballots-marKed
by the league, or those operating with
them, are sent forth. - .
Again, numerous combination tickets
ere put out to deceive the public, such
as . "Taxpayers' - Vigilance Committee,"
"Taxpayers' and CiUzens' Ticket," "Tax
payers . Leagna" : and . numerous other
leagues; all containing the same, set of
cards but differently arranged. ? " :
No sample ballot should be permitted
to be used except on election day, unless
the California system should be adopted,
which requires one to be mailed to every
voter at public expense. . No other ticket
or set of tickets or combinations should
be permitted to be used, for the reason
that only Interested parties get them out,
and then for selfish purposes and. for the
purpose of either defeating or electing
someone, or , for the purpose of fooling
the public - ; ; ' . --l- -.. ; :
Twelve men. probably, by their varioua
manipulations nearly controlled . the elect
ing vote . of Multnomah county, at the
late primary- Of course there are a few
exceptions. Every voter should be com
pelled to mark , his sample ballot, and
that on election day, unless unable to do
so from; blindness or other - physical de
fect. Sme radical change Is certainly
demanded to-cure the present evils.
. f .D. C. Lewis.
JOHNSON AND OTHERWISE
" Wolf Creek,! May 17. To the Editor of
The Journal In The Journal of recent
date is an editorial headed , "Oregon and
Hoover." In this editorial it seems to me
you are knocking Johnson Jn favor ,of
Hoover. There was a time nbt long ago
when I -- somewhat : favored Hoover! in
preference to any other presidential can
didate, but I have since then read a very
enlightening editorial In The Journal in
forming us that Hoover is a Wilson type
of man, : and that . he . is in f uU : accord
with all that Wilson ' has done and is,
now doing, . This has soured me on
Hoover. ;.i ; -.;:; ' ' . ; --o .";.
. We must admit that Johnson has good
business qualifications,-because he made
one of the best governors California ever
had, and a man competent to conduct the.
affairs ' of a big state economically is
equally ; competent to run our national
government, i Why I cannot : vote for
Wood is that if he la elected to the -presidency
it will mean a big army and navy
and universal compulsory military train
ing, which would cost the producers of
this country about 62,600,000,000 . a tyear
and take from productive industry about
3,000,000 of oUr young men and boys two
months- a year, at a time when men are
most needed on the farm. , The men be
hind Wood are 'our big profiteering mil
lionaires and corporations, the ones who
made so : much money out of the -war,
and the election: of Wood .would mean
for these millionaires fat army contracts
at big profits. The men who are putting
up so many millions for the Wood cam
paign want to Prussianize this country
by establishing the Prussian military
system, the very thing that we have been
fighting to abolish.
Johnson comes nearer being our sal
vation than any other man we know of.
Jules Fairplay.
THE LEAGUE ISSUE '
- - Portland. May 24. To the Editor of
The Journal The Journal has in
terpreted ; the Oregonian has - Intern
preted, and now: may not 'one of - the
"others' express an - opinion of ; Sena-,
tor Chamberlain's victory fn the Demo
cratic primary? one who thought the
petty postofflce proposition insignificant
and irrelevant, and who, knowing ; Mr.
Starkweathers high -qualifications, came
out for him upon his straight-forward In
dorsement of the Versailles treaty. . s
It seems to me that the decisive factor
in the campaign was the Stanfield scare
crow Fear of defeat in November and
of the consequent loss of such support
for the league as la now possessed in
Senator-Chamberlain, caused the major
ity of voters to refuse to put a new can
didate into the field. -.The Journal's pres-
entation of the isaui woo. rather. than
that -offered by the insurgents through
the friendly assistance of the Oregonloa."
. And what are the assets accruing out
of the struggle T The ceatroversy has
emphasized the league issue as the Im
portant one of the coming campaign. - It
is not ' illogical to presume- that Senator
Chamberlain may - be - Induced to - a
stronger position with reference to ' the
league, as a result of the recent chal
lenge and The Journal's vehement' de
fense.; Then there U the president's let
ter, which. though "tricked" from him.
is significant and forceful utterance
not to be laid aside with the Oregon elec
tion. Its discriminating definition of true
Americanism, "that .which puts America
at the front of free 'nations and redeems
the great premises, which we made the
world when we entered the war," its fine
appeal to true Americans as the legiti
mate defenders ,of liberty; these, when
their import is fully ' realized,, witl win
new recruits! to the league supporters,
and heighten! the ardor of those who are
already Mi the ranks of the. great moral
crusade that is destined to overcome the;
political prejudice which now stands op
posed to the peace covenant. j
j Bertha Slater Smith. .;
A CARFARE SUGGESTION
Portland, May 28. To the Editor of
The Journal In a few days 'the Port
land Railway, Light & Power company
wilt make a demand on the "powers that
be" for an increase of streetcar fare of
1 or perhaps . 2 cents a- ride. ?NO doubt
they wtll give sufficient reasons for the
request, and i equally, or course, the re
quest : will be granted. .The people 'Of
Portland are generous and just. - They
don't believe that , a public service cor
poration should be forced to operate a
public utility at a loss, and the increase
will meet with general approval. . unless
a solution te. the problem less onerous
can be. found.
-May I not offer a suggestion, that will,
I think, go far to this end? tMy. plan
Is for the -PorUand Railway, Light &
Power company to be allowed to Issue
streetcar tickets in ' books of 12 tickets
for 60 cental and 25 tickets ifor 61: in
other words. ; to lower the fare Instead of
raise the price. In my opinion the lower
rate would naturally cause a great tar
crease In : the number of passengers,
that would more than cover the reduc
tion. I .would further suggest 1) that
this "bargam sale" .-of tickets be con
tinued only antil $2,000,000 worth of such
tickets had (been disposed of ; (2) that
there be no tfree tickets granted to any
one ; ( , .-- that passengers not having
tickets pay cash fares as at present.
Perhaps there may be legal obstacles
to mv plan.1 but no doubt they could be
overcome. - The interest on $2,000,000 in
addition to the ; cash ? fares. would. I
Imagine, "goi far toward enabling the
streetcar company to pay long deferred
dividends aad at the same lime ease the
burden from the shoulders of its pa
trons, j James Irving Crabbe. -
CONCERNING THE SOVIET
Wauna, May 26. To the Editor of The
Journal The substance of your editorial
in yesterday's journal on Redfield's ad
dress seems to be that the woes of
Russia, particularly hunger and disease,
are due toi the soviet form of govern
ment: -. also that certain hardships in
other counteies, due directly to, the lack
of raw materials that should be exported
from Russia, , are chargeable to .the
soviet. . :;:s j -; ; ' x . ' ." .
i Now the; press nas tor a long time
carried . news of even greater want and
suffering la certain non-soviet countries.
Will The Jeurnal explain the hunger and
destitution (in Germany and India, both
non-sOviet countries; also: the energetic
drives for I contributions of .money and
food for Poland; Austria, Serbia and
Armenia? (Can you show that foreign
bayonets do not affect the food supply
in soviet Russia, while they do In other
countries? j Also please explain,: in keep
ing with your statements of , the case
against sovietism. why the allied and
American, blockade has been Just as ef
fective against - the commerce of non
soviet Germany as against Russia.'
I believe all critical readers will re
quire such explanations In keeping with
The Journal's imputations to sovietism.
lest, by Implication, . like suffering and
disaster mi- America in case of invasion
and blockade and the inevitable resist
ance would be Imputable to American
ism, v ": i - ;. -' : George Pease.
I Olden Oregon
Battle
Rock Scene of Clash With
i Indians In 1851.
Battle Rock, near Port 6rford,was the
scene of a fight between Indians and
whites InMune, "18SI From a vessel
celled the Sea Gull nine men were landed
to open a trail for pack, trains' from Port
Orford to (Jacksonville. : The Indians or
ordered the men to leave, but their vessel
bad; already sailed ; away. - The whites
carried their equipment to the summit of
the rock sand loaded a: small cannon
which they had. The Indians rushed up
a narrow) trail to the attack but were
hurled back by' a shot from the cannon.
After dark the - whites . evacuated their
position and ' made their way to the
Umpqua . valley. . .
: THE .. "MATTER WITH AMERICA"
Praia the Fargo (If. D.) . Forum
What's the matter with America these
days? ! ;.. '
'Too many diamonds, not enough alarm
clocks.
Too many silk shirts, not enough blue
flannel .ones...
Too many pointed-toed, shoes and not
enough square-toed ones.
' Too many serge suits and not enough
overalls., j. ' 1
Too much decollete' and not
enough
t aprons, t-
r Too many satin upholstered limousines
and not enough' cows.
. Too many customers and not enough
producers.:
Too msch oil stock and not enough
savings accounts. -
' Too much envy of the results of hard
work and! too little desire to emulate it.
. Too many desiring shorf. cuts to
wealth and too few willing to pay the
prlce. , ; ,f
Too much of the spirit of "get while
the getting is good'' and not enough of
tne old-fashioned Christianity.
Too mueh discontent that vents Itself
m mere complaining and too little real
effort to remedy conditions. :.;..
s Too much class consciousness and
too littlei common democracy and love
or numamty. -
Curious Bits of Information
) For the Curious
Gleaned From Curious Places
i - ; --
, Papyrus from" which the word paper
is derived, is not paper at all. and the
beginnings of the paper industry are not
traced back tp it; but : to the genuine
paper made by the Chinese, from whom
it spread: to other races and was brought
to Europe in tne tweixtn century. About
tne year; 1150 a paper mill was started
at Fabarano. Italy, which became the
principal center for paper making.' From
ltaiy tne ! art spread -to France and 'Gee
many, and Somewhat later to England.
The first) paper; mill la America ;waa
built ' in 1690. by William Rittenhouse at
Roxborough, near Philadelphia. - About
179S Louis Robert, a workman in the
mill of Didot at Essoane, . France. : ratt
en ted ; ai Invention for making paper
m an enaaess wen, but ft was not put to
practical use until Jt was further .de
veloped In England by Henry and Sealy
Fourdrlnler, who spent and lost a for
tune perfecting the machine. They are
considered the founders of modern paper
making, ana their machine Is universal
ly known as the Fouronnier maohtr., .
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
. iTr..!ecmm the federal reserve board
and kills our hope that price reductions
had begun,
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Flags will wave at the Coliseum, but
floral decorations may be wanting. It
Is probable that Penrose will not be
there. . - . ' .
. ... ".- J. '
5 In taking a censes of votes at Chi
cago, the campaign managers may be
hatched? chickens before they are
," . a a la r ;
With due regard for votes. Chairman
Hays has advised Republican leaders in
congress to 8tall a while on the sol
diers' bonus bill.
There are ' indications that the ' Ore
gon preferential primary will be hon
ored at Chicago more by the breach
than by the observance.
From the - reviewing stands bolnr
erected on upper "Morrison and" Wash
ington streets, one can easily Imagine
that thee re are rninw a b mnw nn-
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL! '
Random Observations "About Town
Frank Davey of. Salem is one of the
old time politicians of Oregon, and is
keeping up his reputation by being again
nominated In the primaries for the state
legislature. Davey has lived in Salem 33
years, has represented the county twice
before in the legislature, and was ' once
sent from Malheur and Harney counties ;
was speaker in 1907, and says he is one
of the best known men politically and
otherwise in Oregon. Davey is a stand
patter and a firm believer in the integ
rity of the old.: political parties. He
hasn't decided lust what he is going to
do if he gets into: the legislature this
time, except that he thinks the vehicle
law should be amended so as to regulate
tonnage and trucks on the highways,
and thus prevent tearing up the paving
by heavy loads, and that the Btate pri
mary law should be amended with rela
tion to delegates to national conventions
so as to define the position of alternates.
Davey is In Portland to attend the state
convention of Knights of Columbus, of
which he is an acUve member. When he:
is not engaged In politics he is office
manager lor Fearcy tsros., consulting
and contracting horticulturists. Davey
IS registered at the Imperial.
Georae W. Peavy, dean of the school
of forestry of Oregon Agricultural coir
lege, was In the .city Saturday attending
a meeting of the state board of forestry.
He was -registered at the Multnomah.
The Misses Pickering belong to a fam
ily of traditions. They, stopped at the
Multnomah on their way through from
California to British Columbia, and told
of the Pickering mansion back in Salem,
Mass., where they, or rather their fam
ily, have lived for more than Z&o years.
It was in 1651 that old jonn fickering
built the fine old edifice of many gables
that has stood the storms of so many
years, that - nas seen ncKennga vorae
into the world and Pickerings pass on,
to the ninth generation. In all the years
of its existence, the gabled old mansion
bas never gone out of the Pickering fam
ily. Thomas Pickering; - 1746-lg29.,was
the most Illustrious member of the fam
ily, and was conspicuous during revolu
tion rv times. He'was secretary of state
under both; Washington and John Adams.
The present JOhn Pickering, who occu
pies the old home. Is or the nintn gener
ation. The Pickerings now nave tneir
house on postcards, which are sold to
Salem ' tourists as souvenirs of ancient
landmarks.:" -.:-: . .,.;.-.,:,-:...
A. K. Richardson, who Is In the auto
mobile business, kt Burns, is spending
some of the profiu of bis prosperity at
the Oregon. Richardson reporw crops
in fine shape over in the sagebrush coun
try. The fact that Burns is clear off the
railroad makes Richardson's business un
usually gooo. - . ;
The finest herd of thoroughbred Polled
Angus cows in the Northwest Is owned
IMPRESSIONS . AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MANl
'By Fred
(AdTRimraa with wild baaate furnish Mr. rock
ley hi theme for the day. Ha wa blmaelr
the hero or at any rate the aarriTor of one
of the aforesaid adventures. . :;
' When I was about 19 or- 20,41 lived In
Highland addition to 'fealem. We rented
a stall in Dr. Minthorrie's barn, in which
we kept our cow. Crusty Dick, a Shet
land stallion, was in a box stall near by.
and two smalt black ponies that . Bert
Hoover drove for the Oregon Land com
pany were in other stalls. ; Our cow went
dry, so my father said : "Fred, can I
trust you to go out and buy a good milk
cow?" I . was- somewhat indignant at
his lack of confidence in my judgment,
as I considered myself a fairly good
Judge of livestock, and : with the confi
dence of youth .1 felt 1 could pick out a"
better -cow than he could. He handed
me 835. which at that time was the top"
price for a good cow, and said : "Don't
pay over $35, but be sure to get a good
cow." '
Consulting the paper. I found several
cows for sale. The. first place I went
I liked the looks of the hw. She was
of good color,, good size and .had a large
udder. She had been fresh not over
two or three weeks, -i asked the man
how much milk she gave. He told me
she gave three gallons a day. He said :
"Come on In and I'll; show you how rich
the trrilk. Is.. : Taking a. spoon he lifted
up the cream on top of one of the pans.
It was so thick it made a leather-like
covering xver the milk. After some bar
gaining, he agreed to sell; the cow for
$35, Tying a rope around her neck, I
led 'the cow home, rather proud of my
purchase. -' ' :' ; ::
That evening. I at down on a milk
stool and, with a pall between my knees,
tarted to - milk. I say "started" , ad
visedly, for the first thing I knew I was
in the corner byi the fence, and didn't
know how; I had got there. I tried It
again. With a lightning-like kick, the
cow knocked the pail over the fence. I
got i strap and strapped her hind feet
together, but she could kick ; with her
hind feet almost as effectively as before.
I tied a rope around her middle and an
other rope ' around her front feet: and.
hoisted up one of her frost feet to the
rope around her middle. ' Again I sat
down to milk, and again - she gave a
savage kick with her hind feet, lost her
balance and fell on her, side. I finished
milking her as she lay on the ground.
For the next day or two every -child
In thev neighborhood, and moet of the
grownups came to watch me milk that
cow By this time I was black' and blue
ln various pi cei?i She 1 1 'ad , ruined two
. THE GREAT AMERICAN CRIME :
-i.'.ii..; Frora Ujw St "Paul Pioneer frraaaS'
i If there is one article more; than an
other In this days of inflated values for
which high 'prices by the law, of dimln
lnbing supply can be Justified, that arti
cle is wood. - When we began mining
the forests of this country we were a
pretty . small nation all but t ost on ' a
Continent of apparently inexhaustible re
sources. - Now we are a big nation with
little land remaining unoccupied. When
we began destroying our standing timber
we had 650,000,000 acres of it. Now, with
our vastly increased propulation and In
creased demand, we have left, but one
NEWS IN BRIEF
- SIDELIGHTS -
enterprise, the Reported says, may
have an up-to-date cheese factory before
many months. -
' Ruby Davis, who has Just graduated
from the Enterprise high school, has a
remarkable record. She, has completed
the entire school course in 11 years and
during that time has never missed a
day nor been once tardy. . - ...
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Improvements to the Christian church
at Pendleton are nearlng completion.
Th. ,Hltnrlnm and hasemCIlt have ben
renovated. The- exterior has been re
painted and the stained glass windows,
"which are an attractive feature, of the
church, are being repairea, ,
"The garden." declares the Ia Grande
Observer. "is still, worth while and
should not be neglected. ? If the entire
community did as well as Postmaster
BTagg, there would be no sending .o
Milton "and Walla Walla for garden
stuff this summer. Bragg belongs to
that good old . fashioned class who still
erjjoy the habit or "producing some
thing to eat." -j .
by George J. Dickson of Prlnevllle. So
said one of the professors at the Idaho
Agricultural college recently. Second to
Dickson's, the best one is at Yakima.
Dickson is spending a few days at the
Cornelius.- j ;- J. . :,.::.-. .
: a a . ji - r -';'
Dr. W. D. McNary, who superintends
the hospital for the insane near Pendle
ton, is among the guests at the Imperial.
: ;. "4?'--- .:,-,.:!.... .;,: a. ., -a ..- a .: -. '
A party of physicians and surgeons of
Astoria, consisting of Dr.iT. Forsstrora,
Dr. M. H. Smith, Dr. A. Van-Doren and
G. .Tfiornton, arrived at the'Tklultnomah
Saturday to attend , the meeting of the
Alumni association of the: University of
Oregon Medical school the first of this
week. ' .- . v, -
"';,-.':r '-a ..' ':. :f . :-"
Captain A. W. Gowan "Is one of the
grand old .men, not : only of - Rurns.
where he makes his home, hut of Ore
gon. He was one of the fearless fight
ers who preserved tho - Union back in
the "60s and' in all the ! Grand Army
of the Republic conventions since that
time Captain. Go wan has been one of
the most outstanding figures. Big. stal
wart, erect. Captain Gbwan towered
above.' his fellow men. 'Now Captain
Gowan is in r Portland-r-on crutches.
Within the next' few days .he is to
undergo his second . surgical operation.
For 90 days he has-been on his back.
But, despite his crutches and his im
pending operation. Captain Gowan was
the liveliest ; and the most talkative
man in the lobby of the Oregon Mon
day, where his old friends and cronies
were gathered. Mrs. Gowan accom
panied the captain to Portland.
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. Burns is well represented at the Ore
gen. Besides Captain Gowan. there is
A. K. Richardson, whom everybody
calls :Lon." Richardson . Is an ex
sheriff and is one of the principal mer
chants of the sagebrush country, where
he .Tuns the Burns Cash store. There
is also L.. L. Noonchester, manager of
the Steens Mountain Raw Fur company.
with agencies at both Burns and Lake
view. Neonchester .is ! having- trouble
marketing his hides. . He can't under
stand the sudden slump ;ln the market.
and as a result he has several : thou
sand dollars worth of jhides packed in
coia storage t .
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The Imperial has a blinch of names
of road t commission ; men : and Eastern
OreTon county,. officials 6n Its register.
Among them are R. AL Booth jof 'Eu
gene and Ed 'E. Kiddle 5of Island City,
state, highway commission men u Judge
J. T. Phy of La Grande, county! judge
of. Union county: WJ J. Townley of
Hot Lake, county commissioner ; of
Union county ; J. A. Galloway, county
commissioner of," Union -county; who
lives at Elgin," and C. Hi Miller of Red
mond, county commissioner : Of t Des
chutes county. 'J .-:;- t-
Lockley
milk palls, to say nothing of my temper.'
so when ;"ohn G. Wes'4 brother i of Oa
West, happened along looking for cattle
to. butcher for his shop! 3 sold it to him
for the same price I had paid, and. with
the cow I gavi him my? blessing.! ' Next
time 1 had better luckj and wei got a
satisfactory cow. ' 1 l-
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Captain. T. C. Freiburg, commander
of the D. O. K. K; Brigands ofi the
Knights of Pythias and- one of bur city
speed cops, was first j sergeant of a
troop of United States l cavalry In Ari
zona during the border troubles s few
years ago. A. D. Cridge, who also was
an 'oldtime cavalryman, and I were
discussing Oil -fork , of ; the speed cops
a day or so ago, and he told me of an
experience of Captain i Freiburg as told
to Cridge by the one-time top ser
geant, v ..:- - -. " t - I
i. "There . were precipitated upon Ser
jeant Freiburg 60 recruits from New
York city, who had never ridden any
thing more fractious than a Third ave
nue streetcar," said Mr. Cridge. "At
the same time he was! handed 175. wild
and woolly range, mustangs from Mon
tana. The result. Was 1 a series of circus
performances every" day at the! corrals
that were very interesting to all except
the participants. One Of the worst rid
ers developed 'was anj American born
New Yorker named Ikey.' Ikey simply
couldn't sit on a horse.1 Sergeant Frei
burg' in despair one day promised him a
85 bill provided he could stick; In the
saddle 10 minutes. The; bill wasj accord
ingly sat on. but Ikey Went one way and
the bill another in less than five minutes.
Ikey sat up in the dust . of the ! arena,
wiped the . sawdust from his eyes, and
said : -"Sergeant, make sit a twenty and
I will try again.' . -That's the i stuff !'
declared the sergeant encouragingly.
And he slapped a $20 bill on the saddle.
Ikey arose and mounted the plunging
mustang. . The sergeant, however, knew
that the hand is quicker than Ithe eye,
and at the last half of the psychological
moment deftly substituted a 81 bill for
the larger denomination. Ikey rode like
a cavalryman. He ahd the horse were
one, : Not once did jthat precious bill
have a chance to get1 away. When the
10 minutes were-up and circumstances
permitted. Ikey proudly dismounted and
clasped his money.'. Then he sat on the
ground in a half fainu
- " Looky 1 - Himmel H ? How i
man- rub 819 off m 820 biU In
utesT yelled Ikey. ii
could a
10 min-
: "Ikey graduated from the awkward
squad that day. to a full fledged cav
alryman." '. ;."'; ..; :'-tr :';;, " -; - '':
A, .. . " ' " . -.M ' J i
fourth of that timber acreage. la it any
wonder! that lumber prices are going out
of sight? Is It any wonder that pub
Ushers are becoming alarmed -jover ; the
vanishing supply of pulpwood? ii '
j What a pity and what an insane fury
of recklessness is at that finds us now
with three fourths' of our forests ' gone
without provision for their renewal and
still not a move on the part of congress
to save the country from utter depletion
of its remaining forests upon which di
rectly depends the living of hundreds Of
thousands and upon which all society
leans for necessary articles. Including
the material for dwelling houses and
furniture 1 - - - - - -. iM i
The Oregon Country
Northwsat Happeninn In Brief Form for th
Bunjr Header.
OREGON NOTES
forIXtthr-8,V-ri)a1 improvement is planned
court in."iU.m.roer .b,jr Llnncounty .
court , including 21 miles of market v
a TeSnton",?' HM countJr w"-
Plcnte at rl!,h? hre of an all day
June l 1 Hondricks park. Eugene, on
nailed City, coYnriil of Hlllsboro has
KalK.r4,SSluUon tnat no Persons
Pallort dances In the Shuts park
JS!u-aoIine "hortage at Astoria has
statin- "VI so service
'Yi A namna a. ' . - 1
wuir. f" lo raise aioo.noo for
v5r&"a"n.w.,?Z M Progressing fa.
wrrif. a-o.uipu nas already been
Duuncrioea, . - -
Th xtot , .
diiv.' ." t, " Beun tour
oays convention at rtnA ri,f
entmrtairr?Jlai-flu h" Prepared for the
entertainment of 400 delegates.
haih,S:l.d8K0f y0"" cutthroat trout
rbl?-n "r"-" the streams of
th- T.Pr.ou1,t3rJ. Ul,d,rlth auspices of
--ut" uu ana uun club.
tvWiru dT,"' bu4neB the coun
STwi ?rotj.E?k unty has been al
in r m."'0" deputy -In the per
son of Miss Otella Friar of Perrydale.
jrh,'L8atv h,'f hway eommiHsion has
win n-ette at lUrrisburg. The cost
ties. n y J11 and Lfnn ooun-
A - -Tt If inn Im k-r .. .
Grana. h,...r,- "L V'.:.1-"!""? A
"T" "i"K r mgnt
ZVX -V. ii ? . "'ry or lt(9 a month,
secUolu dUty n,y ln the """-no8
Governor Olcott has signed requisi
tion papers for the return to Oregon ef
j. -J. Clark, under arrest at Los An-
Fi!r-.on th? charK of forgery commit
ted at Portland. - '
J.Mlss Lucell Morrow of Portland, a
student of the Oregon university, has
been awarded a scholarahip in lCnKlih
JLfll ALawr."r next yr. The schol
arship is for J200. .
The largest parade held in years at
Si1" ?ttli,!,,ot the grand encamp
ment of Odd Allows. Over 8000 mem
bers of the Odd Fellow and Rebekah
lodges marched through the city. -
. WASHINGTON '
. The acute gasoline shortage aP Aber
deeJ? n",8 been- reUevedby the arrival of
4000 gallons.
Pasco and Kennewick will Jointly cel
ebrate the-Fourth of July this year, as
was tlone last year.
' ,' The Great , Northern will Install a
danger signal at a dangerous crossing ln
the center of Harrington.
x The Yakima county 'convention of the
wiii Tl ,J ie.. "1d .triple alliance
will be held at Yakima, June 18.
District Horticultural Inspector Robln
after a tour of the lower Yakima
vaileyfc predicts a small apple crop.
The business men of Wenatchee will
-make a four days' automobile tour' of
Okanogan county, starting June 8.
AH non-traffic motor vehicles at Col
ville have been notified that there will
be nq. more gasoline for general uae
Porter Bros.' sawmill, four miles west -
k. 1 J J i i. . . . . '
iiu nuuru a niRni snut ana
increased the number of men employed
from 70 to 100. .
' N.- R. Sylvester, who for two years
has been In charjre of the Yakima in
ternal revenue office, has been trans
ferred to Seattle.
Extension of the Inland Empire high
way from Wallula to the Oregon line to
connect with the Columbia River highway-la
said to be feasible.
Buying a 20 acre ranch at 89000,
harvesting a good crop and then selling
the place for $18,000 is the record made
by John Knapht of Grand view.
that between 8500 and 10,000 colonies
of bees were killed kist winter. They
were worth on an average $10 a -colony.
Clerks in all the retail stores at Klm'a
have requested merchants to make busi
ness hours from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. ex
cent on Haturdav. Th a rnnii.at will Ri
granted.
-Ordinances providing for the construc-
HWtl KUUUl OV UIUCKK ui BiaewajK at
an estimated cost of $51,655 have been
passed by the city commissioners of
Yakima. ,
IDAHO
- .Establishment of in Indian school at
Bluff. Idaho, has been recommended by
prominent residents of Utah.
Beginning next Sunday, the University
of . Idaho will observe its annual com
mencement week. A ' homecoming of
alumni next Tuesday will be a feature.
; The total registration at Lewlston for
the election of members of the city coun
cil which wtll take place June 14 is only
about one-third the usual registration. -
According to the statement of Dr. K.
E. Laughbaugh, chief of the bureau of
vital statistics, the annual birth rate-of
Idaho is 10,000, while the death rate is
4800.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
Ned Haasmussen -bought him a gas
wagon in Portland last week for $75," on
which he paid $35 down and the rest to
be five plunks a week. After keepln' it'
fer the Inspection of nine experts in
succession and. .findln' it'd cost him a
matter of 1700' to fix It up he tuck It
back' Ned 'lows he Is gainer by the lec
tures he received from the experts
more'n if he tuck the K. C, course In
auto-mechanics, and therefore he ain't
out that 835. entirely.
Women's Activities Accorded
Close Attention and Ample
Space in The Journal .
The department of women's activ
ities in The Journal was established
and is maintained in response to the
rapidly growing interest in the things
that women are doing and the con
stantly increasing number of women
who,' having ) caught the vision , be
yond the four walls of the home, are
uniting their forces to make the
world a better place to live in.
"- The purpose of the department is
to reflect by written word and p'c
ture the alms and accomplishments
fit the 8000 women enrolled In the
250 women's organizations of Tort
land, , including? clubs, Parent
Teacher associations, leagues, guilds,
auxiliaries to church and patriotic
organizations, etcetera. The activi
ties of these . organizations are city
wide, covering every phase of cul
tural, ; artistic, educational, patriotic.
Civic '- philanthropic philosophical,
-psychological And sociolo(jie;al en
deavor. ':- : ..-'--
The publication of announcements
of the meetings of the various organ-,
lzatlons In one of the important unc
tions of the department, and reports
of meetings when officers have been
elected and business of an Interest
ing character has been transacted,,
are also ' published asfar a spao
will permit.' Pictures-., of prasidentu
of organizations and others promi
nent in the work of the various enter
prises undertaken are published In
both daily and Sunday issues.
A great deal of space is devoted to
advancing the causes of benefit en
tertalnments ' and kindred affairs
having for . their aim some educa
tional, patriotic or philanthropic; en
terprise. -Contributions - to the - de
partment. If . briefly and plainly
written on one side of the paper. In
itials given, are always acceptable,
the aim of the department being to
cover the entire field of women's
activities, regardless of the size , or
prominence of the organization. .