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1 THE OREGON DAILY : JOURNAL, P ORTLAND, SATURDAY, JUNE . 1920. AM INDKHK.VDKXT NEWSPAPER C. ft. JACKSON .............. , .PobUabs XB eIm. be .confident, be eheerful tod do rdo e tiiera as yon would bar them do pnta too-I Pobluhed ry "k day and 8undy morning, at Tb Jonrnal Building. BroaUwsy and Xs . felil etreet. Jr"ortUod. Dnim. , . - - - ftntrred at the Foatofftee at Portland, Oregon, (or tranamuslon tbrough .the mails aa second eUu mutter. '.- - " TELEI'HON'ES Msio 7 J78, AutomsUe 660-Sl. AU oeparcments racim py tn .jn rOHKIGN ADVERTISING BEFBESENTATIVS Benjamin aanroor "o.. rnjiuwiv 226 Fifth aenue. New York; IM0 Mailers , Building. Chicago. - ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES ' By earriar. elty and country. .DAILY AND BTJXDAY 'One waeki . . . One mouth. ... ". - DAILY rf- i SCNDAT One wee.... .8 .10 j Oaa weak...,.. .08 Ona month.... .43,4 BT MAIL. ALL RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE ' DAILY AND SUNDAY Ona year... ., 18.00 I Tbre month. . .$3.2S fin nontha.L.. 4.25 I Ona - month ., . . VUW UUUUJ . , SUNDAY 0nly) Ona year Six month. ... Three moathe. .' DAILY (Without Bunday) On year ..s.tH.OO Six months. ... 8.25 Three montha.. 1.75 Ona month. . .. : .60 ' WTEKL- . (Erery Wednesday) ' Ona year . . . . .$1.00 Su month ... .60 $8.0S 1.7S X.00 WEEKLY AMD SUNDAY Ona year $8.60 Theaa rate apply only to tha Wast, - Rata to Eastern point famished on Implica tion. Make remittance by Money Order, Express Order, or Draft. - If your postoffice la, not a Money Order Office. I or 2-eent .stamps wulbe accepted. Make ail remittance payable, to Tha Journal. Portland. Oregon. :,.t " - Rem em bar this: . They that win not be aeonseled cannot be helped. If ton do sot hear Reason, aha will rap your knuckle. Franklin. BUT INDICTED NOW AN INTERESTING study In tb,e psychology of some Amerioan business men is afforded In a recent . interview by William M. Wood, head of ; the American Woolen company. The. corporation operates ; 57' mills, some of : them among the. largest in the country. An Increase of 15 per cent la wages had just been granted employes of one of Air. Wood's mills. ." -.WIli the increase be passed on to the public.?-. Wood was . questioned. . "Of course It will be passed6n to the public,' was the reply- "What do you think : we are going to do with itr .. . "I don't see why people are kicking at high priees,"- AVood continued. ; Aren't they getting from 100 to 125 per cent higher wages than they used to get? AVhat are the increased wages for if they are not to pay the in creased prices of the thngs they have rtoluy?" 11 : The Wood theory is very evident His thought Is that all" the worker requires is a bare living. It hasn't occurred to . Wood that the toiler is js better' toiler .and a better citizen if he hasNa home of hisrown, a luxury .here and there, or. a tiny savings ao . ount.v:"---:tv'',rzr-J'!'": ' -The Wood idea is the old feudal Idea that the employe was put on the vewth to do work,;to till the soil, to run the . machines - and ). to; buy the products of the Woods Allow him what wages you are forced to pay, runs the Wood theory, what little you can under prevailing' conditions, what the market in labor dictates, but get It back in prices. . -' That is what Increases In wages are for, says Wood, to enable the toiler to buy necessities. Wage Is but a form of loan: gives it to the worker . for awhile, but get It away from. him In additional prices. . f - - Wood did not deny that his com pany had marfe 140 a share, last year In comparison; with $14 the yeac before.-. But he .was getting back what he had given out in wages.. Ife was " extracting from the toiler the money he had loaned to him In increased wages. ' . . . I It is the Woods that are responsible for unrest . They are the Metternichs. the Neroes of industry. Lives of men , are nothing to them. Toilers are suf fered to live so long as they are use- ful in Industry and provide a market for manufactured goods, goeds. that they themselveshave produced. Fortunately, there - are American manufacturers of a different school. They think as much of their workers ' as of their machines. Many of them think a great deal more. Anfi their number is swiftly increasing, in spite of the efforts of the Woods to hold the just leaders of industry to the old feudal Idei. - - - ' ' . - The American Woolen companies of Massachusetts and New . York, and William M. Wood, president of. both companies, have recently ' beenv In (iicted 64 the federal grand" jury on a rharpe of profiteering. The Indictment declares the, proflts of the companies for 1920 ."'exceed on an average from : " - 0 toOp Per cent, those of m9Jf ;is . the gentleman who asks ; "what are Increased wages for if they are not to pay," the increased prices?" and the same gentleman who says "of rourse, the' increased wages wfU be ricd'bn to thft puhUc." - The greatest attraction Portland 1 ,3 to offer visitors is sight-seeing juris" about the , city and Its en vi.-r-s;. To see these lures Is a chief reo. - the conventions were brought to Portland. If there Is not ufftcient gasoline to fuel the thou sands of autoa that wiir be required for these trips, a ' great point-in hrlnrlno .. Vra nil be lost.' Conserving gasoline now le MR HOUSEK AND THE PORT .' MR. HO USER has announced that he canao accept a reelection as, chairman of th Port of Portland commission..,'- : '. : - , J ' y ' . . The reason 'which he clearly '' de fined in his statement 'to Ihe com mission and to. the public is that he questions the propriety of Including real estate transactions in -the , great port project submitted by the eom ittee of 15. " f;;;.: Mr. Houser is entitled to his point of view. There Is a serious question as to4 whether the Public shouia buy at large prices , the areas comprised In Guilds lake, and Mocks bottom. It Is absolutely," certain that the public should hot take, title to these tracts at three times the assessed valuation as was proposed by one member both of the committee of fifteen and of the port; commissi on. r i.1- v The true ' tes-4n public service Isr are you going to help .the city or are you going. to help particular in dividuals? The property, at Mocks bojttom and ; Guilds lake Is ; undevel oped. Its owners are powerless', to develop it. . The same is true of Swan island.'! All are wastes and ' will re main wastes until the city makes an expenditure that will reclaim them to use.';:' v,;;'!: j; :.;-:- MrHonser's, public statement as signs the real estate activities in the program as a J reason why he is out of,, that harmony necessary for him to accept reelection as president of the " port commission. Whether his objection Is limited to the price fea tures here discussed or whether it is on thesjbroader; ground of the proposal for trie city to develop publicly owned Industrial sites,. Is not made clear. If It is the;. Issue of possible over pay ment fer waste lands, there are thou sands.: Iff Portland who are in accord with him. :, V: - ;. ' : As chairman of the port commission. v va,4vi w; v Mr.4 Houser has shown concern in-.a developed port and Portland. He has helped Increase, public confidence in the commission. Might it not be wiser to retain nis leaaersnin in Dort arrairs 1 by at least a sincere consideration of uia ncwpuiun ;On his part Mr. Houser' may well afford to give part of his time to the public service. Should he rln so it - . 1 would be a source of gratification to J 111m m aiter nre. After a certain point .has been reached in buildinir a private fortune there is unusual op portunity for a man caDable of ac cumulating a "private - fortune to use part or nis time and his talents for the; benefit of his - city . and state. Forgelfulness Vicomes j soon to the worjisL andTaame of the man Who lives rich, dies jrlch and who renders no publiq "service. , - ! . ' ; But pubiie spirit and thought of the home : welfare, of all the community wins a place in the public mind worth, any mahV while. ' : The Swan Island nroiect nerl th best thought" this city can give it It needs the serve of the best men this city can find to forward ' It. It will be sanctioned and underwrit ten by the people If once they are convinced that all Its ends are publlo ends and all its processes for the bene fit of the public.; v Many loyal Port landers have tem porarly put their automobiles In the garage, bo a gasoline supply may be accumulated . for .the conventions. The number of pleasure cars. On the streets is perceptibly decreased. It looks good. J ; ; ' HOGGING THE ROAD i , VNE hundred and twenty-five au,to-V-' mobile collisions in Portland last month. were caused by failure of one driver to give right of, way at inter sections. It means that 125 drivers took hat which ; did" not belong to them. It means that they at tempted - to force their way through, while the other man : waited. They were hogs of the road. , The first man in the intersection Is entitled to right of way under the ruling of Judge Rossman; if thfa be question the man to the right may proceed first ; under the law. But those drivers who hog the road paid nd attention tn th ruling or law. They had nn thm.o-ht of the other man's rights. ?. Else, their macmnes were not under control, and they could - not, under the circum stances,' give the other man rfc-ht nt way to which he was entitled. speed often causes wrecks nt inter.- sections. Automobiles 'noundino- nirine. at high speed cannot be stopped In A ( nna rw : mu - . f ACC u. 1 ine ariver approaching an intersection at doesn t expect another machine to be mere. He- proceeds on the theory that his path will be clear, that his Is the oniy raacnme on the street If, how- vr,.anoiner appears, his high speed orient forces him to take right of tl'SV wAie w way, regardless of the other car. and ri vlM aempt 10. take it, a crash ia uie resuil; Heavy ears; in InsUnces, encourage-! drivers to hog right of way. -They snow that other drivers don't : care governor from Ms stubbornly main w subject, lighter - machines to a Uined position. Placed by accident ramming from a heaw. , I . i U. t0 navin Preference ftL 1T1 LfrQr t ! rtn O .m .......11 ... rr k if e it" j lae nog of the road u M,n.n.i. ror one out of every eight automobile accidents, iiml h it Huni. , - Puniie generallvl- - ". .uy ine A lack ot eaeoUne during the eon ventlon weeks 'would prevent thou, sands of delegates from seeing port. land, the highway and surrounding points of Interest. That would . be Portland's- loss, i for: these beauty spots are among the cityv beat as ete. ? Those who are unneceesarily using gasoline ' Bow are, I whether tbey, know It or not, working against themselves. - IN JUNES sVt)U don't get much sunshine in vi.I here, do you T ' . ,The questiDher was a well dressed woman. Her query was addressed tothft?elevator man. "Only Vvhat folks like you -bring In. ma'am," he an swered. . He added: rSome folks carry enough sunshine around with them to light others up a bit" ' And It was on a beautiful June dax: and. what- Is more - beautiful than a June day' In Oregon? Out there, just beyend the citr limits, the wild flower tips its faceyvith a smile to, the: gorgeous sun swfhging through the skyV The tregs ; in their 'new robes of leaves. ; and the 'meadows greened with a new -verdure revel in the sunshine. 1 And the shouts of the children - at play are full of gladness, as they exult ljn the sun. And the tinkling bells and the roundelays of the birds and all .the . sounds ' of '"nature ; are a jubilee of joy over and for. the glorious June sun.- - yy: r - ) 1 -: Yet. as the elevator' man said, what a . lot of people there are who must depend : upon others ; for all ; the sun-1 shine they get I And how few of us carry enough . extra sunshine around with, us to" lighten even one dark corner I .. . . ; . . ' Perhaps we shall all learn to spread more of geniality and Rood cheer. If we try we can make life a beautiful adventure for all. We can catch the sunshine Of an Oregon June and store it ' up to be spread wherever spirits are drooping or souls ' in trouble.: -The mere material is hut a fraction I of life. The rich man's gold, ac cumulated by RrasDiHBr andricrabbinir all In sight. Is never hauled with him to the, cemetery.i He i goes; Into the same six eet of earth and on exactly t Kp umS Ipvol in u.hlih tha nuinon mrwmm j i va. . a w a a aviA . ay a j r "ar " jsoes. Andthe pauper may. have the better chance hereafter. - This does not mean ithat we should raake no, effort to save and amass a ro-r, k ....-.. irt does mean that the woman who .Irarried the Kiinham int th fva- tor is gofhg through life on the true course and that the wayfarers along her! path are helped and hoped by uviv uq her sunshine. " City Health Officer Parrish is to insist that the water In ; Portland swimming, tanks shall be changed often enough to be fully sanitary. Not' should he fall In that purpose. If tanks are not kept sanitary they should be closed.! It is for guardian ship over such 1 things that i city health offices are maintained. , r . , COSTLY CANDIDACIES I N A statement. General Wood savs 1 til at some means should be founds to make political, campaigns less ex pensive. He adds that unless 'some plan is adopted the cost of campaigns must necessarily come pretty high. - They do seem hh on thebasis of the known $15219 which the Wood managers spent as acknowledged be fore : the senate committee. ; Then there Is , the other million or two al leged to have been spent by Wood managers for the welfare of the re public, but. of which :no confirmation has yet been obtained. But then running for president is something of a luxury, at least when the running is on a money basis. Del egates are delegates nd shoes come high jmd clothing comes high : and sugar comes high. ; , ; s In all business transactions a great deal ajways depends jon what kind of a bargain you. drive. After his man agers have, paid, out more than a mil lion the general's feeling of depress sion over the high eost of things may Issue from misgivings as to what he is getting for the money. In the quie tude and sanctity of his own bedcham ber, General Wood may be asking him self if the more than a million spent has brought him 'a million dollars worth of delegates. , , BT ONE MAN'S POWER j " l'.'i-.-;-t v -i ' i ii ' i ... j yHE final defeat In Delaware of the 1 ; suffrage amendment is reminder that there are two men in America In whose hands . rests the power to deny millions of American women the, right to .vote In the November elec tion. V; ,f - ;': ' j? ; :;" -f v J ; The two are : Governor Hofcomb 61 Connecticut and Governor Clement of Vermont : The suffrage amendment lacks the ;voteof but one state, fThe majority of the legislators of hoth Yrmont and Connecticut are reported to favor ratification. In each "state the governor' refuses - to call the leg islature Into special session. ; Both .In Vermont and Connecticut bear. The party organization in each fa. V . - haaS come out . for "ratification and urged the convening of the legislature. The women' have petitioned, appealed nd Implored. Nothing has availed to move either nf i k- . ,,. faf holding In his , hands the pqwer 1 a .... oy wnicn millions or women would k , ih.. kin.t ; ...k i budge, and the country witnesses the i . :cla 1B i or rami can on wun me inirty-sixtn and final state held 'out of line by the power of one man. ' : -' Neither governor is acting with rea son. Both know that the amendment is certain5 of ultimate ratification. count for - retaU . price . more i than E,ch knows that he is merely Posi-in-efh prices It has been poning, the, fmal day. Anyv60081' j urged, that they were due to the m man, acting on common sense and f ree t creasett ost of raw materials, labor and from terranean influence would accept the. Inevitable and let the ot oroducuon. of course, but if women vote. BARRELS AND BAR'LS r Rum and Hard Cider of Washington's .Time Succeeded by Gold Stream -, of Recent Presidential Years. -,4; From tha Philadelphia Erenin Vtdgtr ' Within the last few days the high price of pontics has become a head liner in -the daily press, the reports f tha senate ; investigation of presi dential campaign - funds giving con crete evidence of-a condition arid not a theory that confronts the candidate' for nomination to an office which veracious historians have recorded cost its first incumbent George Washington, a few barrels of rum punch and hard cider." But that waa back In 1783, and that as Mr. Kipling probably would phrase it, "is another, story." , i-V-'i-i .v '.-- ,: - V, ."'i'-?,-:"-;::V: Times have changed rn the interven ing 132 years, and the barrels have changed with them. . Today, according to the reports that have come froma United States senate committee ; room during the week, the barrels tapped, in the pre-convention presidential ' race gave forth not the "ram punch and hard cider" of Washington's day. hot a golden stream of dollars which flowed into the waiting and .patriotic maws, of campaign managers. "',.7 When the astonished reader is : con fronted with the statements of fluent witnesses testifying, before Senator Ken yon and his associate investigator that the campaign funds of the various can didates for the nomination they repre sented ranged up to date from S7OQ.000 down through such Snappy items as $414,954. 75.000, $72,000, $86,000. $22,060, and so on. until they reach one candi date who confesses ,no funds, no or ganization," he must at first: gasp. Then he realizes what . "pikers"., the predecessors of the present managers of candidates ' must have been in draw ing the golden stream, not from tlpe spigot, but from the bunghole off the political "barreL" - .. .-. . But Is it so? If a statistical genius were to set to work at gathering tip and ; collating the figuros that have made monetary sensations in presiden tial campaigns far antedating -. this amcrFing year of -1920, with its. dis closure or millions spent before' the .con ventions In advancing the interests of aspiring candidates, it is crettv certain he would be able to show that the hus- I tling managers of , a past, generation were not iniants In the game , of "fry ing the fat out of more or less en thusiastic contributors to the work; of greasing the wheels of the national po litical machinery. .. ;i "Frying the fat" by the way, was a cant phrase in more than one campaign not entirely eradicated from the memo ries Of the middle-aared man nf tndav. l Unfortunately,. there exist no off tcfal recoras or . prnnary eiecuon - expendi tures until within- the last doxen years Or thereabouts. Various states passed laws requiring reports of such outlays by candidates, in this ; course following the example of congress in enacting statutes setting forth limitations in whlch money- might ; legitimately be spent in boosting a candidate-for pub lic office.- - - - -. .e-.. - ' .- -f . :' a But waiving the disadvantage result- ing from lack of ithis '"officiar infor mation and the exactness of such fig. ures as those, revealed by the senate investigation now In, progress, it Is pos sible to form an Idea of the"barT of our daddies. It .was called "bar'rf back in the days of the Tilden-Hayes camr paign of 1876, -when Samuel J. was re puted . to have established his ; famous "literary bureau" at the tidy - cost of $250,000, ; and - when his v campaign for the presidency, which he lost by T the 8-to-7 decision of the electoral commis sion, was said' to . have inflicted a million-dollar dent in the capacious Til den "barl." 'r- , j These sums. It mnst be borne In mind, apply to the election-, not to the primary campaign, . such as the one now undergoing - the senate probe, but they serve to throw light upon the fact that as long ago as 40-odd years the "Democratic simplicity" of . Jefferson's day had passed. The historic horse on which "that old patriot rode from his Virginia home to the capitot tying the beast to a post while he' went indoors to take the oath of office," had given way to the celebrated "mules' (used entirely in a figurative sense) ; with which William H. JBamum, sometime chairman - of the Democratic national"! committee, sought to draw his', candi date to the White House.' " , " - It's difficult really Impossible, to "get down to brass ' tacks" In estimating, the actual cost of modern presidential cam paigns, for the reason stated, namely, that until the last few years there has been no law governing expenditures or requiring reports . of the , same. Rough estimates placed the sum at between $2,000,000 and $o,00,000 for each of the great political parties. In the very old days the annnal expenditures ranged In the thousands. . This is a sufficiently vivid contrast to the few. barrels of rum and hard cider" said - to have been - employed in the choice of the first president .of the republic, and the $1000 which the com mittee had that directed Abraham Lin coln's first-election, to show tSe devel opment of the great American game ' of politics.. Indeed, it had" made quite' a stride When Lincoln made., bis, second race In 1864, and when the expense of his election was put at $200,000. .,; ; 4 - By way of "a modern Instance" Of the phenomenal increase Jn the' cost of presidential elections and ' again must be borne in mind that .the -prer convention- expenses are' not included the report filed by Cornelius N. Bliss, chairman of the Republican national committee in 1916. is illuminating. Jt showed . total : contributions r of $2,44H,- 421. . - y. - c Case That ; Throws Great Light on Profiteering American Woolen Company- Illustrates Profiteering at Its Source. From tha New York WorM " If the practices of - the American Woolen companies of Massachusetts and New York, as set forth In an Indictment by a federal grand jary in this-, cjty, have, been generally resorted to by man ufacturers, an explanation of the high cost of living is at-hand." Profits of 100 per cent or more are shown in various transactions, full details being given. In many instances such gains are three or feu. times greater than those formerly accepted, as reasonable. ' - WUh prices inflated to that extent at the source of s fabrication, gouging aU along the line to the consumer beoomes inevitable. It is not to" be supposed that the middlemen with whom Presi dent.: Wood's ,double-headed i company dealt were ignorant of its methods. The goods reached them at high cost, ne cessitating at each stage larger capital and Involving greater risk. If the 'buying fever were ever to - end. Naturally, therefore, they would follow an example so illustrious and so profitable, and by that chain of circumstances we may ao- 100 per cent has become the prevailing standard - of profit the prices , that the American people have been paying for clothing must be set down largely to extortion." Nothing but their amazing willingness and ..ability to pay has made such a situation possible. ' Momentarily embarrassing as his jr dictment for profiteering may be. It will hardly interfere with President Wood's disinterested advice to the Republicans at Chicago when they come to the tariff plank in their platform. If he can write. that and the Schedule K't of his party's tariff bills he will cheerfully take his chances "with grand and petit .juries. Letters From the People ( Commnniration sent to The Journal for publication fat -this department shoaki be written on onir oaa side of the paper, ahoula sot exceed 800 words in length ana mast be signed by tha writer, whosa mail address in full must aoeora paiiy Um contribution. , , - , EXPLOITERS AND' MEXICO v - Portland, June 4. To ths Editor of Tho Journal 'The ground hogs of Amer ica will never resteer. til they have molded Mexico's government to their hearts' de sire, even though a million boys j must t sacrificed on the altar of their greed. The claim that the oil and timber and forests i are undeveloped and that all comers ; have a . vested right in their proper development is the moral Justifi cation for . their invasion and plunder. It makes no difference how wicked may be the' motives of the exploiter, innocent people are always appealed to. to aid their mauradlng expeditions on the plea ot.orae humanitarian ideal. It Is . true hat the Mexican people, like the Amer Ican Indian, had no right to monopolize the land on the plea of prior possession it the land could be put to better use, but - If equality of rights had been in stituted instead- of murder the Indians would, still have happy hunting grounds if they chose, and still no one would have been deprived of lite, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The same is true of Mexico and ail subject races. It is true of the labor problem in our midst. I.; has, been true since humanity In habited the earth. ' v 1 There are just two causes for this in humanity of man to man. One is that the wise and learned have nothing to of fer by -ay of institutional safeguards, for. they are ignorant The other Is that;, greed and ambition override all tins spiritual unfoldment Conquest and lust for? power will not stop at Mexico if the FaU recommendations are adopted by this government. - These -will mean that the "white peril" will invade South Ame.-ica and , what little democracy we have left will be converted into a kaiser esque ' military camp and we .in turn shall one day 'meet the allies of the world In theirtruggle to make the world safe 'for, democracy. J. R Hermann.- GARBAGE COLLECTION ' Portland, June L To the Editor of The Journal I have Just read with much interest your editorial entitled, "To End a Nuisance." forcefully deal ing with the Importance of systematic disposition of garbage and rubbish. - . Your r commendable 'position on the subject prompts me to draw a brief com parison - between Cleveland, ' Ohio, and, Portland. During . the summer months Cleveland gathers garbage from homes, hotels and restaurants three Ao . five times a week, about twice a. week dur ing the. fall, winter and spring. . It is the civic duty . of the householder and othersi to provide their .owns; garbage cans, have them in- a-convenient place for the garbage squadron, and" keep the cans clean. It 'is hauled away in spe cial, closed wagons, and by means of reduction is -converted Into fertiliser, from which the .city derives a revenue. .Kubbish is gathered every two 'weeks, and. the -dates are announced 'in a good snappy newspaper story, sometimes em tfelUshed by the cartoonist in order that 'all. householders - may." properly observe' "Clean upday, with the result that all cooperate with the city. So it will, be seen that there is no reasonable excuse for an accumulation of disease breed ing garbage and rubbish, and the ' people are grateful for the: removal of it free of charge. - '-'" ' - t - .... AU Postlanders are familiar with the garbage and rubbish nuisance, as it ex ists tajPortland. For the benefit of the general public, therefore, permit "me to suggest that you investigate and Dublish Information on systems of handling the nuisance as adopted by say 10 leading cities, ' including Cleveland. The rsult ant odor might be strong enough to start the sale of the $75,000 in bonds and pull Portland opt of the cesspool class of cities, giving her people free collec tion and doing away with the further nuisance of - uncertain, collection service and high charges for same.' and the nat ural tendency to unload 'on vacant lots when no one la looking. Somebody might get a fair profit on the contract for fur nishing trucks and other equipment but that 'would be' "none of the people's business," eo iong as they got continu ous service, if we are to. judge - from past methods of .handling public utili ties.. ' - - - . . , . Sell ' the bonds and clean up ! - Ordi nances against - belitterment of - vacant lots cannot and will not be enforced. ' ..... ' - X. 12. M. Olfleir-Oregfon Legal Marriage Age Placed Very ' Low by Early Legislators. The early marriage law of Oregon ren dered invalid marriages contracted with out the consent of the parents where either of the contracting parties was un der the age of 21. This was amended by the legislative committee .' of 1844, which changed it by making males of 16. and females of 12 years 'competent to enter into the marriage relation pro viding the parents consent was obtained, up to Jihe time the male was SI and the female 18. .- Anyone marryiBg minors without . the - sanction of ' parents or guardian was ' liable to a fine of $100, but this did not invalidate the marriage. Curious Bits of Informations "i " ' Wot the Curious -tIeansd From Curious Places t. Various theories have been given re garding the use of orange-blossoms as briqa.1 "ornaments. T The custbm is sup posed' to have been brought to Europe by the crusaders from the East, the Sa racen brides being accustomed to wear orange wreaths at their marriage. ' To this objection ,was raised, that although the orange tree was brought to England as early as 1290, it was long before there was any real cultivation f it even in greenhouses!. A second theory is that orange blossoms came "tbe worn by brides on their marriage because they were hot only, scented but also were rare and costly and so within the reach Of only , the noble and rich, that indicat ing the bride to be of high rank. A third Is that orange bridal wreaths had their -1 origin - in Spain, where oranges have been cultivated ? for ; centuries. Thence the fashion- passed to France, and by means of French, milliaery-' was spread ."to other lands? ABLE TO KEEP GOING - f From UM-Baffalo Knjuixw Earning $40 a share of common stock the American Woolen company seems to be able to keep going under Demo cratic tariff tegialatior - COMMENT AND ; SMALL CHANGE The old 1 superstition about touching Wood seems to be still alive. - '.. - . - It COSts a. lot of mMT to nhtatn nrMt. dential candidates, but we don't have to taxe utenr. v . -' -a:. a "Mr. Johnson. Turn Me Loose" is said to be a nomilar sionar with anm tha Oregon delegation. i , r W w ay ,. The Mexicans are becoming a literal peopiau They now call their new execu tive a -temporary- president. J Not even the' great use of soap money in tha Southern states would make the black and tans come out lily white. . The low purchasing power of 4- the dollar in these days is reflected in the statement that Poindexter spent $78,000 in hie campaign for the presidential nomination. , - ... . ... . a a - ' The local Shriners are going ahead with preparations for the imperial coun cil notwithstanding the prediction of the Boston, man that all nations which par ticipated in the world' war . are- to be submerged by the Atlantic ocean. MORE OR LESS PERSONAL Random Observations . About To wii The gasoline 'shortage is knocking skyhighJ all the joys of the tourists. Mrs. E. E. Sirrine and Mrs. James Meehan of SeatUe and their chauffeur are almost stranded at. the" Multnomah with the . promise of only four gallons to start them on their way through Washington ; On ; January. S the two women left Seattle for A tour of Cali fornia.' AU went happy and they drank in : all the vscenic attractions of - the south, unknowing of what was in store. While they were still in the Yosemite, someone tapped their car one night and they, found themselves minus several gallons. At Sacramento they had more troubJe. and tb troubles increased the farther north they came. Oregon " was a continual succession of gas trouble. At Oakdale, where they spent Wednes day night ; someone tapped their car and made away with seven gallons. Thurs day they had "an awful time," said Mrs. Sirrine, and only with great dif ficulty could ' get : little portions at the filling stations, enough to carry them to the next-town. Arriving finally, in Portland, they had, to beg for part of( a gaiion 10 get mem to ,tne jauiinoman. "We wanted so much to see the Colum bia highway," said Mrs. , Sirrine, "but we can't get any gas for the trip. We don't know" how we are going to : get back to Seattle." ' -, . ' . ' a. a, '- . J. V. Tallman of Pendleton had a similar : experience, Tallman, accom panied by Mrs. Tallman, is resting at the " Imperial before trying to get the rest of the way home from Los Angeles. Tallman said he saw many machines in California and Oregon stalled for want of "gas. He had to . beg for gas all the way through-California and Ore gon. At a filling station he would., be asked how much he had. He did not know. The station man would look, allow- him just enough to get to the next town, and - then charge . him -a dollar a gallon for it. All the filling stations in Southern' Oregon and Northern Cali fornia are short of oil and are holding the motorists up for it Tallman said. "That is nothing," remarked a listener In the Imperial lobby. "I gave a garage man $10 for fining up ray tank, besides paying for the gasoline." - ; ' , ; -- '. . i':"v i - x -. - 'i Portland hotels were full of babies Thursday night so full that when Major and Mrs. E. C Hanford of Cor vallia arrived with their -lH-y ear-old offspring there was no crib to be had. Not only - was every ; crib at the -Portland, where they engaged a room, oc cupied, but. . telephone calls to every hotel in the city revealed -the, fact that every one of the few cribs each hostelry possesses for 'baby gugsts was in use; Then attempts were made to -improvise a crib from a cot but HtUe Mlss Han ford would have none of it. She in sisted upon a real crib, and she Insisted so vociferously that the dignified major, who can give orders to nearly everyone except his- own- baby, engaged a touring car and started out into the residence portionof, the city in search of a crib that might be borrowed for the night. He. got one... .... ' , - .- . a . . - ' Mr. -and Mrs. George Baer. who own a big -hardware store at Pendleton, have arrived at the Benson to spend a few days' vacation. J- - Preparing for the possible opening of Crater Lake national bark about the latter part of -this month to Shriners I IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS OF THE JOURNAL MAN i ;:,;:.: ,-:By.Fred 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1, 1 .1 it .1 1 1 u . . ' 'The stoir of Billy Sunday's early Ufa, -its arenU being related by "Ma" Sunday, will be presented by Mr. Lockler in this and two aneeeedinr instalhnenta. - Thia ia a recital with which othar writeia have oacopiad thamaalvea vary little If at aii.r Not long ago the editor of the Base ball Magazine asked me to write a short article on Billy Sunday for the June issue-of that publication. Because Billy Sunday .. is a resident of Oregon, and because so many Portlanders have visited Billy and "Ma" Sunday at their beautiful apple ranch:, in Hood IJivar valley: I believe some of the things "Ma" Sunday told me about their early life and later successes will be of in terest to Oregon readers. Ftpm professional ball player to world famous evangelist is a .big jumpu bat that "the jump that Bllly" Sunday has made I visited Billy Sunday and "Ma" Sunday on their ranch in Hood River valley; near the -base of ' Mount Hood. Billy told me Innumerable in cidents of his baseball days, but what I was after1 the story of Billy's boy hoodI got from "Ma's Sunday. As we sat on the steps of their summer bouse with the wonderful panorama ' of the Hood , River valley spread out before us. she told me of BiUy's boyhood, his early struggles, his young manhood, of their courtship and of his successes on the diamond and In the pulpit "My husband, Billy Sunday, was. born near Ames, Iowa, on a farm. November 19. 1862,". said "Ma" Sunday. "BiUy's father was 35 when he . died. He was a soldier In a Northern regiment.- When his wife wrote him-of the expected ar rival of the. baby, he wrote back and said: It the baby is a boy, I want him caUed .William Ashly Sunday. Billy's father planned to come back to seV-hlnv but he died without getting home. ' so Billy never saw his father. Mrs. Sun day was only 21 years old. She 'was left' with three little boys. She found it pretty hard sledding to support her three babies. She-married not long after her husband's death. Her new husband did not want her to .keep the children, o she sent Ed and Billy to the Soldiers Orphans home , at : Glenwood, Iowa. Presently the Glenwood home was over flowing with orphans, ajtd' 100 of them. Including Ed and Billy, - were' sent- to the orphans' home' at Davenport, Iowa. Billy was just a little, tot. The boya had told him all sorts of stories about the new home he was going to, so-he decided to run away and goback to NEWS IN BRIEF --SIDELIGHTS ; " Aurora's artesian well J a municipal af- ,.1. mi . u ... an M.t,ir Ann the kater has just been pronounced O. t Oy Uie Bvaie uuara "William Ward covered the long,' and tiresome Journey from Walla Walla to Prineville last Tueedayfl the PrlnevUle Journal says, burning; Kerosene In hts 1 In the Jacksonville cemetery, accord ing to the Med ford Mail Tribune, are buried 0 veterans of the Indian war of that seetion in 1856-7, 8 veterans of thejCivU and Mexican-Wars, and six of the late world war. so'ar as known. 1 .,-,(,. kurlMf th.rA wre in V VI . S VVOV W M . W . . . . .- both the Mexican and jCivit warm. , ,r:- CI, tetaa1 a H flMr niSAtlTlar the New York Trlbuney as saying that tne Tzionc dssuuiui wumnn ,n States are on Broadway, Loe Angeles, goes on to say : "He has evidently never been in Oregon. Joaquin Miller was. and he said Oregon had the most beautiful women in the world. He attributed this to the Oregon cllmattf. And this can be proved by every man In Oregon who is not stone .blind. ir 1 4 who' wish to include this scenic portion of Oregon in their itinerary, A. L, Park-, hurst, owner of , the hotel at - Crater Lake, will leave, fori khe resort Inext week to prepare for summer business, - . - 4 -' - -' -': j '..': , Dr. E. B. Stewart is up from Roseburg attending the - medical (convention, i Dr. Stewart is physician? for the' Southern Pacific -system.. His lather is county judge of Douglas .4oouty. Stewart is staying at the Oregdh Jkhile In the city. -. ' a a ai : w- B. C Barkow haa jreturned to the Multnomah desk after two months spent in a store at Mill Citys The appeal of roruana. ana - tne . MUltnomab proved stronger, than the attractions of the little town over near Detrolt- A. the Multnomah are Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Armstrong, who own about 20,000 sheep in Montana. Th Armstrongs live at Great Falls, but Armstrong spent the winter hear Nam pa, Idaho, where he fed a big flock of sheep tojship to Montana this summer. ? The drying up of the lange and the scarcityfof feed in Mon tana last summer made it necessary to set;; off a large part of their stock and hay more in Idaho to feed up where the teed big waa atood. The: OrosDecta of feed Nhi.s summer are fine.;! says Armstrong. ine Montanites are taking a UtUe vaca tion in Portland, expecting to stay until the Shrine convention when they ..will clear out so as to-give op tbelr rooms. Armstrong expects to get back to Mon tana in time for the ; shearing season, ebout July 1. --..ii 1 Max Oorfkle, the hide dealer, has blown into the Multnomah from that metropolis in the midet of the region of livestock and grain Pendleton, j ' :. . ! " J. C McLeod, who M lrf charge df the stretch of paving running south from Salem, was oee of the highway engineers at the' Imperii within the last few days. . - - ' a a,'.; ,j -.. ' IIarry Seckler, first lieutenant of com pany : C Twentieth Kansas J regiment during the Spanish-American war, who commanded the recruit battalion of i31S men . of the First Oregon regiment! at Camp. Merritt, San Francisco, in 1898, is a member of the Abdallah Shrine patrol, which , Is coming to attend jthe imperial codncil of the Shriners. IHe was city editor of the Morning Antorian in 1300. At present he is advertising manager, of . tne Ieavenworth (Kan.) Times. - . . " .' . , , j R. E- Clanton, state .superintendent of fish hatcheries, and Carl D. Shoemaker, secretary of the commercial fish com mission, left Wednesday afternoon for Vancouver, B. C, to -attend the annual convention of the Canadian Fisheries' 'association, June 3 ' to . Clanton Will address the convention on Oregon meth ods of fish propagation, and natural t feeding of salmon, i" . - e : MIm Marie Sommers, private iwcre tay toA. B.; Campbell, manager ofj the Multnomah, returned Wednesday from a month s visit to her parents at Indian spoils. Miss Sommers says Eastern ho tels are ' crowded much the same j Iortland hoetelries. She believes hdus- tng conaiuons a ntt:e more acute in the Eact than m the West; This was Miss Sommers first vfcdt home for four years. J.-S. Delaney, president of the War- renton Investment company, at Astoria, is registered at the: Multnomah, i Hs motored up' from-Astoria. Lockley ' his 'mother, " Mr. Pearce," the supefin tendent of the home, was in charge of the children who were being? transferred. He happened to sit down between' j Kd and Billy, so Billy had no opportunity or . getting away. 5 f ) "Occasionally ; at the orphans' home, Billy was late for a: meaL When this happened, he was required to sit! at the table with - the others and watch them eat, but was not . allowed to have anything to eat himself. Every boy was supposed to earn his way. Billy was small. His Job was to- make beds, work in the laundry, scrub the steps, wash dishes, and, when he was older, work on the farm. V . - I , - :'--j "Ed Was two years older than Billy. When the orphans reached the age of 16 they were set adrift as it was thought they could bustle for themselves at that age. When Ed waa 16 he waa sent away. Will could have stayed two years longer,' but be was 6 fond of Ed .that he . left with him. Billy's grandfather. Squire Corey, lived at 'Ames. You prob ably have .heard of him. He gave 20 acres of his farm to help start the Iowa Agricultural college : at Ames. , - - ' -' a - a - a "' " ' '-"When Billy was -a, litUe chap, he had been very sickly, and until he was 2Vi years, old. he had been carried around on pillow.- In those day,- traveling doctors jxsed to go through, the country, -stopping at different farm houses to sell medicine and to1 treat anyone 'who need ed thet- services. One day a traveling doctor, a Frenchman drove, past, and. stopping at tne gate, causa out- -Anybody sick here?' Billy's grandmother said ehe had'a sick baby and asked him what he would charge to prescribe for htm and furnish the medicine. He said. If v you win put me and my horse up for dinner, I will call it square." lie examined : BMly carefully and told them what to do for him. He was an herb doctor. -Tbey followed his direc tions, and within a few months Billy was strong, and husky, and was able to walk, something he had never been able to ab'before. . . . - -, 4 :-!'-"His grandmother died '-when Billy was 8 years old. Missing Billy . the day after her funeral, they bunted for him and - finally found him . lying In ! the freshly . fallen -snow- on" his grand mother's .grave, sobbing " as though his heart .would break. v , ; -- "Billy's -mother - wasn't able to take Mm and hts grandmother was dead, so fSey sent Billy to the orphan asylum. The Oregon Country Northwest Happenings In Brief Fwm for the f Busy Reader. . OREGON NOTES rrAn rgan'sed sffort Is to be made at Hood River 10 combat the proposed in creases of fruit rates. - P1'0110! all of the goods stolen from D3.Vr,1ir "tre have been located in a Portland secondhand store. Two factions are developing in Lincoln' county over the route of the proposed highway between Tillamook and Yaquina " 'Wan .are being made to exterminate l;f?,'J)twen ?he John E"jr and Des trict rvor" by forming a trapping dts- . While waiting three ears of gasoline. atomobile trucks are keeping "er"upp'id from Welfer artd Caldwell,- Idaho. a JF" publ,ic "ervice commission has or ?kI a. 8ll?ht increase in the rate of iV6-. ily k'K-H & Power company for electric current. - , N more marketing contracts for the crop of cherries and bejpj-ies will be received by the Oregon Jroer' Co operative association. H,hwyt construction in DoubIhs county la being held up by the gasoline, shortage. One hundred motor trucks will be compelled to stop operations. One public house and several private rooms at Klamath Kails have been Placed under quarantine by the federal health , service on account of venereal disease. - 4 Attorneys are en route from Wsnhing ton to terminate for the government the sale of the spruce mill at Toledo, the Blodgett tract of Umber and 26 miles of railroad. The Malheur Land and Livestock com pany haa purchased 60 sections la Har ney county from the Western Colonisa tion company. The consideration Is said to have been $150,000. Building of the new prune procenslng plant at Dallas is about half completed. Sites for other plants' have been ob ?f,li,,d at .forest Grove. Myrtle Creek. Riddle and Grants pass. The Astoria Chamber of Commerce will call a mans meeting soon to sanc tion the purchase of several tracts In eluded in the Bite of the proposed naval $86 000.WhiCl' WUl 0081 approximately ' WASHINGTON Hoqulant needs only -116 names in the census to make a population of 10,000. Fifty carloads of wood blocks are be ing manufactured at Spokane for ship ment to Manila. A resolution denouncing the-"parasite press" of the state has been passed by the state grange. Two Inmates from the state Industrial school who escaped from the institution have been caught at Centralis. Nine student nurses have been gradu- " ated from the nursea' training school of St. Elisabeth hospital at Yakima. J. H. Barton, a rancher of Ferds prairie, is the third candidate entered for commissioner from Lewis county. Gasoline supplies approximating 10 per cent more than last year are assured to Spokane by the Standard Oil com pany. . - "A change In train schedules on the Northern Pacific will give residents ef Yakima valley a special train to Puget Sound. 7 Bank deposits In 296 state hanks and seven trust companies In Washington have increased $3, 914,917 since Febru ary 28. Announcement is made that the retail price of sugar at Spokane will be. ad vanced to 80 cents per pound within a few days. During the monthof May 46 fatal ac cidents were reported to the Industrial accident commission, an increase of 16 over April. Superintendent Cook of the Chehalis schools states that only three of the prev ent high school faculty have signed con tracts for -next season. T. Newbry, a farmer and cattleman, has sold his 320 acre farm 8 miles south Of Chewalah for $45,000 to L. L. Davis of Independence, Iowa. An automobile caravan will make the Joufney to the top of Mount Spokane on the morning of July 4 and officially open the new county road. to the peak. Nathan -Hallock, ta Northern Pacific switchman, has brought suit in the su perior court atakima against the United States gd tor general of rail roads for $15,Y yiamags for injuries received. i ? Work on the -$140,000 addition y St. Josephs hoapKal at LcwUton is undr way, .. Registration lists have been opened at Boise for the special bond election to ! held June 15. The Camp Creek grade on the road be tween Hailey and Camas prairie la being repaired by the county. E. M.i Hoover, commissioner of streets and public improvement, has tendered his resignation to the Boise city council. The salaries of firemen at Twin Falls have been raised $15 by the city council.- Under the new schedule the chief receives $155, engineers $135 and hose men $126. : Plans and estimates for the new stats buildings on the Sunnyeldtr tuberculosis sanitarium site near Sandpotnt are be ing discussed by the state tuberculoma commission. Experiments to determine definitely the value of irrigation as a supplement to rainfall in the cut-over region of Northern Idaho have been begun on the University of Idaho's substation farm at Sandpolnt. Uncle Jeff Snow Says: Mrs, Niedfelder, who has riz up a fam'Iy most righteous and square, 'lows her and the old man and all the boys and the son-in-laws and others '11 vote Non-Partlsan clean down the line 'leas'n these here old. party candidates do s somethin right pronto and immejlt to bust the iKr trust. Hannibal Ham bun, WhOW workln' in the Corners de partment emporium, explained to her that she got as much sugar now fer a doaen aigs as ever, but the way she lit Into that graduate of a bigness college six weeks turned loose, would of faded out ever freckle on his face if he hadn't of heat it. Northwest Swimmers Keep, Comfy in Northwest Wool Bathing Suits You may not know It, but Portland haa Helped make swimming the favor ite outdoor sport of the summer sea son in 12 Western states. There was, as you may remember, a theory that the Invigorating oool nesa of our nights kept the tempera ture of the water Just a shade too low for comfort, unless the swimmer ought out a still and shallow pool expeeed to. all the rays of -the sun. But Portland Industry came to the rescue The wool which Is grown in fineness and abundance upon the backs of Oregon sheep was taken dawn to a yarn mill (launched through local enterprise) at Bellwood and epun,out Into the softest of jrarna. Then it was taken to a new, daylight factory and spun Into the niftiest bathing suits one coifld imagine. No one owning bathing suits so well cal culated to adorn and protect man or maid oould Induced te stay out of the water. For the coolness that fol lows the swim there la always a Portland-made wool sweater. One factory that thus support the wool growing and spinning Industry of Oregon has 176 workers, a payroll of $100,000 and an output valued at $500,000. Not only do Portland bath ing suits advertise local Industry in 12 states, but the money paid for them comes right home to Portland. r -
