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M'NARY'S INDICTMENT
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SENATOR M'NARY'S Indictment or.
congress was telling.;- It was an
Indictment of -a Republican congress
by a uepublican senator' and Is, thcre
fore, no colored by partisanship.
"We are adjourning without action
on packer control," said Senator Mc
Nary. He added:
, No relief is given in the newsprint situ
ation.. Cold storage regulation remains
void. Sugar embargo bill is stranded.
Nothing has been done for ; rigation.
Tha river and harbor bill ia deadlocked.
The Capper-Hearman bill to authorise
producers' organization ia manacled, and
the minimum wage bill Is filibustered.
The 'soldiera' bonus bill, with its land
reclamation features, was unloaded on
the senate by the house after it was
known it could not paaa, and that de
ceives nobody. Added to this, comes the
prospective loss ,of the merchant marine
bill and sloomy prospect for any other
constructive measures, since a small
sised filibuster can defeat , anything- In
closing hours.
The rivers and harbors program of
the country Is aet back a year by the
failure of congress to act ' i
McNary's augar embargo bill, by
wh'h-' t was hoped to reduce the
price Of sugar, was deliberately
shelved, by parliamentary tactics by
Lodge, when McNary in the dosing
hours '.attempted to bring it before
the senate. .-K
The cold storage bill, recommended
by the,: president in August last year
as a means of preventing the use of
storage plants to raise prices and op
press :. consumers, was- deliberately
sidetracked by Lodge and his crew In
spite of the efforts of the progressive
Republicans to bring it to a vote.
And so on down the line of legis
lation by -which it was hoped to exer
cise some influence in reducing the
cost of living. " - : ;
No congress ever came on the scene
with a greater opportunity to render
service for the public welfare. 'A
great war had "been fought. .. Billions
had been 6pent. " Thousands of re
turned soldiers.. were cripples. War
prices y were amounting ' with the sty
as the pnly ;' limit. The country was
abnormal. '. Economic affairs were dis
jointed. .The whole structure of life
was in i disorder' as aftermath and
legacy of the greatest conflict in his
tory. - - -The
country knows whether congress
met any of these ' responsibilities.
Asidefrom the railroad act, not 'a sin
gle Important piece of legislation was
consummated. And the railroad act was
delayed ' so long t that : reorganization
of the lines was retarded until inade
. quate,-, transportation is closing : up
mills, is disturbfng the. country and
adding enormously ; to the high cost
of living, i How adversely lack of
transportation Is affecting thirigs was
explained by A. LT Mills in a state
ncnt that one manufacturer tiad ti2.
i C00 worth Of products" on cars here
r r. 1 there In the country and ha -is
raying Interest aUhigh rates on the
value of the. goods while; threatened
with the necessity of having to close
iovn his plants and throw thousands
c f workers out of employment. ' - ;
Irstead ot patriotically facing' its
laks and embracing lta opportunity
to frv thepeopie congress engaged
in business of ripping up the
pea:e treaty. For nearly, a year it has
d- nothing else."" It did 'that for
purely partisan and political reasons.
Its coi-re was a dishonest course. It
did not take the people into. its con
fidence. ' "
It rejected the appeals of men like
McNary, Kellogg and Capper , for re
medial legislation. .
It refused to : change the war tax
discrimination. -
It refused to enact measures v!itch
the president recommended for re
ducing the high cost of living.
- It Jockeyed with, the soldiers' bonus
bill, and finally beat It, declining ecn
to provide for ' land settlement and
other features about whichjlhere was
no controversy. - ,
It deadlocked on and beat the rivers
and harbors bill. Its whole course
was one of Incompetency, demagogy
and guile. ' -
All this and more Is contained or
Implied in Senator McNary's Indict
ment. It means : that one great . co
ordinate branch of the government
fell into hands that paralyzed it. It
means that congress fell under the
control of a group of oUtlcal buc
caneers -who would not permit It to
function, even though the ' country
was in dire need of remedial JegJsla-
It means that the , people, and the
country must ' cbntinue for almost
anothcr. year without even one single
step having been taken toward after-
the-warj reconstructfon,' ;; :
; It means that" two years and four
months after the, armistice was signed
America, 'so ' fat- as preparation" for
peace is concerned, will be exacMV
where it vwas when the Germans laid
down 'their arms?1 'h r ?; J; ' : "r
- Was ' there ever ' a IT congress with
such a pitiful record f ; : ?
: The authorities should take a firm
stand In the Illegal fishing mess In
Clackamas county. . Although the
law is clear on the status'of poach
ers It was only a few nights ago
that bold 'b law- breakers threw- a
deputy game' warden into the river.
Such action is evidence of flagrant
disregard of. law and order that
should not be tolerated. If the law
is wrong, repeal It; If right, enforce
HIRAM AT CHICAGO
IS HIR..M at Chicago to club the
great convention into an irreconcil
able declaration. ion the, treaty? " :
A news dispatch says he will at
tempt it, though another says he wilf
accept the. Lodge . reservations. The
first says .he. wilL; If necessary, go on
the floor of the convention and him
self lead the fight to rip all straddles
on the league into tatters. j .
1 1 jso, th ere will be fireworks such
as Jias neyer been seen In a national
Republican , convention. ; Hiram Is
cyclone speaker.'. The California dele
gation, always spectacular, ' will be
there with bells, big and little bells.
Borab., also cyclonic, will be Just
across the aisle. The whole scene will
be a setting for ; pyrotechnics.
, Hiram Is flushed with victory : on
victory. His rise has been phenome
nal. He is a big stakes player. He
has played one of the biggest political
games ever staged in America and his
victories far outweigh his defeats. He
has become, through his own bold
ness and his own strategems, a na
tional Republican problem. "
A gladiator on the crest of a rising
tide of power will hoist no white
flag. Hiram is that thing, and he' will
be the last I man in the world to lay
down. He Is not afraid of a battle.
He was Theodore Roosevelt's lieuten
ant In the greatest party fight in
American history, . . , y
He knows that he suffered no evil
effects from that battle. He is back
In the fold, and the biggest two-
handed slugger in his party. Even as
thfj arch treaty ripper he Is the most
popular candidate now knocking at
the door of the Chicago convention.
No one knows all this better than
does Hiram. And what a temptation
that scene, Jn the Coliseum will tt
to a man of the forensic powers and
inherent slugging taste of Hiram to
lead his legions i and hit the enemy
hard. The assembled hosts ; of Re
publicanism will be there. All the big
leaders will be in the picture. What
a place and what a time for the pugrf
cious Calif ornian, with his admirers
at his back, to make Rome tremble
at his power. x .: ' . .,
4 If Hiram is in ' the mood in which
he .is reported to be he will go into
the convention. ; Jle will go there
chafing' at the bit and pawing the
ground.-1:.: He - is snorting with re
strained passion and foaming with the
fires of unquenchable arnbition.
The most interesting thing in all the
world for. the next few days will be
to watch Hiram at Chicago.
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The government announces that
prosecutions for; evasion of the in
come tax law, are soon to bo insti
tuted. Evidence of -wilful fraud on
the part of big taxpayers, as wells
small, is said to be athand. -'Tha
government" should prosecute rigor
ously. No man. prince or page,
should, be permitted to escape his
share of a public obligation. :
; OREGON FBTJTT FOR OREGON '
TOURISTS traveling on the South
ern v Pacific railway ' between
Portland and San Francisco frequently
complain of the quality of fruit which
is. served upon' the diners.
An Investigation made last year re
vealed he fact that. Southern Pacific
diners were stocked with perishable
fruits at San Francisco In sufficient
quantity to Hurt i tor. the round trip.
Persons bjoardlngthc train at Portland
were "served - with California ; fruit
which had been supplied to the din
ing cars, at San Francisco. This fruit
had been carried In the didars all the
way to Oregon .and served Id dining
car patrons on the two-day trip-returning
to San Francisco, "
.lva revealed that. on thenorUi-
bound trlpf diners are dropped at
Roseburg, where they 'remain ail
night, and are picked up next morn
ing: by the southbound passenger
trains. - There Is no better fruit eG
tion of the Pacific coast than the
Umpqua yvalley, of which Roseburg
is the center.
Roseburgs strawberries are now
competing . with California's straw
berries in the Oregon market, but
bring from 5 cents to 10 cents a
oox more than the California berry.
This is because they are superior.
and because their close proximity to
Portland permits them to be ripened
on the vines.. Southern Pacific diners
which lie at Roseburg all night should
be stocked with these luscious Ump
qua valley strawberries, i i
It is unfair to the traveling public
to serve them with stale fruit when
fresh berries are at hand. It is also
unfair to Oregon, as tourists natur
ally assume that the berries which
they are atlng are an Oregon grown
berry. - . :
That payment of income taxes by
the president and supreme justices
and certain other high officials is
unconstitutional is true,: as the fed
eral supreme court decision holds.
Tha idea - was that one coordinate
branch J of "the' government should
never r have : power to j diminish' the
salary of another branch while in
office and possibly thereby manage
to control the acts ' of that other
branch. But a president should pay
income taxes and supreme justices
should pay and all should pay.' The
Income tax is a Just tax, an equit
able tax and a fruitful tax.; -
A HERO OF PEACE
A BEAUTIFUL story Was told in a
suite in . the Hotel j Pennsylvania,
New 'York," a few ".nights ago. The
story was not told by word of mouth.
It wasn't-: written. It wasn't in the
actions of those seated about a table.
The'story was told in the history
of those present, 'and the purpose for
which they ' were gathered. : There
were 15 hosts and one guestFormeciy
they had all met in one place Sing
Sing. The hosts bad been convicts ;
the guest was a welfare worker, ,
The occasion was . a. dinner of ap
preciation and tribute to the welfare
worker "-who had . aided them when
they were hehjnd the bars, who hadri
secured their paroles j to :, him, . and
who had clothed, fed and provided
them, with money on long time loans
after their release from incarceration.
They were there ' to convey their
thanks to him. I - k i:
One was a forger, another a burglar,
another ' a receiver of j stolen ' goods,
and another a pickpocket. Among
tie group was a real estate swindler,
a stick-up man, and other varieties of
criminals. But now they are trans
portation men, storekeeper Wall
street employes, "lawyers and business
menv ? They have "made good.. V i
After the dinner the welfare worker
was feuded for his kindness to. the
former prisoners, and his aid. He had
taught them right thinking while In
prison,-had aided them to get out,
and aided ; them afterward, t Four
hundred men had been paroled to him,
and only, two had slipped.; All the
others i.ad become useful citizens. I
The scene at the Pennsylvania-was a
testimony of appreciation. It was en
. , M 1 . 1 1. . i . . .
uuipounng oi near is uia( at one lime
had been hardened. '
And after all, the instances wherein
kindness and , aid Is not appreciated
in this world are rare. The mute dog
wags his tall when his head is stroked,
the kitten purrs, and the ex-convicts
gave -aeir dinner. -
.Now that congress has adjourned
there are -many taxpayers who" will
heave a sigh of relief. They I are
tired of long winded and costly 'in
vestlgatlons" instituted for political
purposes.
THE -POTATO BOYCOTT
BOYCOTTS against foodstuffs some
times fall to bring a lower price
range. . ..v-: . . s.
The weapon of the boycott was re
cently leveled against the potato mar
ket At that time there were only
sufficient potatoes tn Oregon to fi li
the probable requirements of con
sumers. Prices ruled then around $3
per iOO pounds in the , wholesale
market , '
Consumers were dissatisfied. They
resorted to the boycott as a means of
bringing down the prjee. The whole
sale .price now stands at the highest
point on record C10 per 100 pounds. :
Not only is the price the highest,
but there is not sufficient stock avail
able to fill more than j a quarter of
the demand. Stocks, of potatoes that
were held in Portland and In tribu
tary forage for; the needs; of the
Shrinera and other vfsl tors have been
sent elsewhere , by the- holders be
cause of the boycott. -
'The, Portland traffic bureau is
functioning aa never before. People
Who' break the law and cause acci
dents are consistently sent to court.
The work now carried on by Cap
tain Lewis' bureau i going a long
way toward reduction of accidents
on Portland streets."
AN INDUSTRIAL PORT
THERE are industries v; In , North
Portland , that are ,j preparing to
reach out to the markets of Alaska,
the Orient and. South ' America.
...There are 31 industrial enterprises
in North . Portland ; that have 2900
employes and transactions which 'ag
gregate $125,000,000. a. year. , ; ' .
At least 60. per cent of them depend
for expansion . in output, , markets,
number .of -employes, .financial trans
actions and consumption of raw ma
terials upon channel and facilities for
ocean shipping.
These enterprises, which, cover the
widest possible' range of desirable in
dustry,' are ; near the North . Portland
harbor. -By legislative act three years
ago the Port -ef Portland commission
was empowered 'to Include Oregon
and Columbia sloughs in ; the port
district. - Oregon slough, actually a
part of the Columbia, is now known
as North Portland harbor.. The; port
commission announced as a policy
that it would provide water of Ade
quate depth for ships -in North Port
land harbor.- -tcl -.''
But nothing further has apparently
been done than . to write words on
paper.,. There v are places , in North
Portland harbQr as shallow, as 15
feet: , There are other places more
than 50 teetr .Not a great amount of
dredging is necessary to maintain an
excellent ship canal. - . Why isn't it
done ?.
Portland's success as a port depends
upon the upbuilding of adjacent in
dustry. ...
THE COLUMBIA
NAVAL BASE
By Carl Smith, Washington Staff
. Correspondent of The Journal
Washington. June Another inves
tigation of proposed Pacific Coast naval
staUons. this time by a committee of
congress, is - to . be made under the
plans of the naval appropriation bill,
taking the place of the provisions the
senate ' bad inserted for a pew : navy
yard at San Francisco bay; an avia
tion base ; at Sand Point, Wash. ; a
submarine, destroyer and aviation base
at Port Angeles, Wash.,, and a subma
rine base at San Pedro. Two commi
eions of experts have already been over
this ground in the last two or three
years.. The Helm commission made a
long investigation and a detailed re
port. Then the. McKn board, by .di
rection of . Secretary 'Daniels, made - a
Via," -iTinrtiriTi anrl ' nflrt. TrlV
agreed4 that' thee station! are a new-4
sary part or i-'acmc coast oerense,
along with the submarine and destroyer
base mt Tonsrue point, on the Columbia.
' The Columbia river base was not cut
out of the naval bill, because it was put
in by tha house naval affairs committee.
r passed the house without objection, and
was included -without change in the sen
ate biU. This put it hv& parliamentary
position where the conferees could hot
disturb it, as they eould the others, and
g-ivas to the Columbia base the distinct
tiori of being the" only new naval base
to be authorised this year. ' The Initial
appropriation of $500,000, under condi
tion that the land . be donated; will be
enough to start the work and carry out
such preliminaries aa are necessary dur
ing the first yeac.! -' The . money wtU
become available on July 1 and appro
priations will naturally tollow year by
year until the work is completed. The
estimated cost In ail la ?7, 500,000. 1 is
intended to base at the Columbia river
12 ' submarines and six " destroyers, with
sufficient - anchorage for a division of
dreadnaughts. Plans are also consid
ered for building with a view to opera
tion of double thia force of submarines
and destroyers in case of emergency. The
time estimated far completion of the
work In three years.
Senator Phelan, with other members
of the California and Washington dele
gations) is much disappointed, over the
failure to secure authority this year for
the' other bases recommended in the
McKean board report. The Joint con
gress committee v plan was substituted
when it was found that the appropria
tions could not be had. with a view to
keeping these projects alive r.nd bring
ing a fresh report before congress next
wintea. ,: .
The joint committee will consist of
five members of : the senate and five
members of the house, assisted by tech
nical experts of the navy. This com
mittee will visit all the proposed sites,
ana no doubt wui include a visit to the
Columbia base In its itinerary, although
it wui nave nothing to do directly with
that improvement The committee is to
report not later than December 31. 1920.
An International, Episode in
War-Time Finance j
Adventures of 123,000,000 in ; Oood,
Hard Russian Gold.
Front tha New York ETening Post (May 23).
I Yesterday's news that ias.000,000 in
gold had been delivered at two of our
Western porta arid . would go into the
federal reserve,' is a matter-of-fact an
nouncement with a background of what
may be called the romance of war-time
finance. At the very beginning of the
war, when the Bank of Belgium hur
riedly packed off its gold 'reserve to
London and the Bank of France sent
its $(25,000,000 of gold away from Paris,
presumably to Cherbourg, reminiscences
were in every one's mind of the French
Revolutionary armya Invasion of . Hol
land In -1795, Its seizure of the Bank of
Amsterdam and itty discovery that the
bank's great gold reserve had disap
peared, never, to be heard of afterward.
The Incident occurred to mind again
when the Bolshevists, capturing the Rus
sian .government in 1917,v got possession
also of the $645,000,000 gold reserve jot
the Imperial Bank of Russia.
' The Belgian and French gold is now
back again In the. vaults which it oc
cupied before August, 1914 ; but the Rus
sian gold has had a singular history.
Probably moved by suspicion as to
whether. If the German army were to
enter Fetrograd, it could resist the temp
tation of sending the . national : bank's
gold to Berlin, the "Bolshevist govern
ment moved the treasure. to the Interior.
It was lodged at . Kazan. ' and there, a
few months -later, waa captured with the
city by the Csecho-Slovaks and the anti-
Bolshevist Russian forces. By them it
was carried farther along to . Samara
and thence to OroskTwhere In due course
it was announced as the treasury funds
of Kolchak's new Omsk government.
This ant-Bolshevist government
needed war munitions. It bad no inter
national credit; therefore it made the
proposal that. If the Allied bankers
would advance it something like $40,000.
000 In money or supplies, the Omsk au
thorities would deposit at Hongkong, as
security for the loan, a similar amount
Of the gold from the old Russian -bank
reserve.- The idea probably was to re
tain title to the gold Itself, in ease the
success ot the anti-Bolshevist ' Kevolt
should permit replacement .of the tem
porary credit with a long-term govern
ment loan, i: The loan was made last Oc
tober by Baring Brothers of London and
affiliated - American houses, the Ameri
can share of the advance being estimated
at szs.ouu.uou.
Whether because . of tha downfall of
the Omsk anti-soviet government or be
cause the loan ef last autumn has ma
tured. the gold "collateral" hast epTiar-
ently. been used In accordance with the
contract to pay it of f, . and the British
government, underv'. whose, control the
treasure 'at Hongkong had been lodged.
ordered that this amount be forwarded
to the United States. ;Thus the gold
which Finance Minister ;Wltte accumu
lated from -the 3ier European -markets
to resume . specie payment on the old
Russian paper currency, which the Bol
shevists captufed from the Kerensky
government- and the Kolchak govern
ment from the Bolshevists, and which
for six months baa been locked up in a
Chinese safe deposit vault, is now about
to appear on the accounts of the Ameri
can federal reserve, to relieve if possible
the strain on the American money mar
ket. This picturesque episode Is, from
one point of view, a reminder of the
vicissitudes of finance and banking dur
ing a world war. From another it brines'
to mind Wilkie Collins' "Moonstone. n. , .
Letters From the People
' f Communication seat to The Journal foe
publication In thia department ahouM be written
on only one- aid or the paper, should -aot uoeed
00 word ia tangtlt and must be aignad by tha
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paay the contribution.
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ARMENIA AND CONGRESS
Portland, June 3. -To the Editor of
The Journal The cry of -bleeding Armenia-
suffering for centuries- from
Turkish horrors, has reached to heaven.
We thought we pitied her. We sent
-money, food, clothing. . We meant to
save ner rrora ner enemies if we could.
Brave American missionaries have had
to fight it out .alone seeing their homes,
hospitals and schools destroyed by Turk
and Kurd and themselves and families
deported and some killed. The allied na
tions have asked us to mandate Ar
menia, that the Armenians might plant
and build and care for themselves with
out being .hounded by murderos - ene
mies. - Our president has asked con
gress to authorise him to accept this
mandate for the United . States. ' Ar
menia herself pleads with "us to do so,
and thishrice repeated call is ft not
the voice of God?. Dare we refuse
and jCohgress has refused 1 r; They say
there would be difficulties ; it would
take money, time, men, to save Ar
menia from more massacres i we must
look after- ourselves ; America for
America ; let the little peoples do the
best-they can. It would cost something
to bind up the . wounds of the afflicted
and- the robbed, to save' then and shel
ter them from the sword of the wicked
Turk j it : would cost something to- act
the part of the good Samaritans-end we
-"passed by on the other side.w
Is America like that? A thousand
times not If money is needed, we pour
it freely to saye the suffering. It men
are needed, . we have millions of beroes
to champion the cause of the oppressed.
They have proved it." .We know it.
What would they not dire and do if the
call came? Why should congress throw
dust in the eyes of the people till we
know not right from wrong? ' Let1 us
rebuke them with an overwhelming cry,
Let us love and protect the weak,' not
allow selfish politicians to hinder us in
our- solemn duty..; . ' Mrs. C- E. Breck.
A CHILD'S RIGHTS " .'
Portland, June 8. To the Editor -of
The Journal Please inform- me If a
child born out s of wedlock can inherit
bis mother's propertylf - there are'. no
other chUdren. '" If he child has been
known from birth' by his foster' parents'
name 'woulda ' will made in that name
be a lawfuTwlll? : A Reader.
- A .child , born out ef wedlock inherits from
ha mother. A child named in a will by the
-name by which it baa alwgya been known will
be 'protected by the oanrt in the distribution
of tha etUte ndr the wyti . ;.
THE NATURAL GOD
Vancouver. Wash ; May xl. To the
Editor of The Journal A HiUsboro cor
respondent referring to the problem, sug
gested by VAn Earnest Inquirer," Inti
mates that the God of nature cannot be
depended on In time of . need, This may
be true, but the . faithful. ; followers of
the natural God are rarely in need. The
scientists,' philosophers and' discoverers
who are making; the world safe for prac
tical Christianity are- the true followers
of the natural God.- On the other hand,
followers of the supernatural God can
be justly : held to "strict accountabitty"
for all maner of unnaturalness by which
thia suffering earth has ben cursed. The
pages of history, , ancient and modern,
acred, aynd profane, prove that the fol
lowers ot. the supernatural God are both
dangerous and bloodthirsty. As exam
ple Cain ' slew Abel. David - caused
Uriah to 'be murdered The . Hebrew
priests were loudest in demanding that
Chriat .be Put to death. Christian cru
saders butchered Moslems. Pious Mas
lems slaughtered Christiana, x G4 fear
ing Christians massacre vows. And God's
own beloved 'Wilhelm auite recently gate
the Devil cards and spades and then
beat him at, the game .of raising helU
,When all Is said and done, I'll take tee
natural. God for mine. J. Harold.'
EMPLOYMENTAGENCIES r -Portland.
June 4. To the Editor of
The JournaWTho iirerintttidr..t "-r the
water 'department tells us he can't Un
derstand why men pay $1 for a job when.
It can be had free. " "
No working man wants to pay" for a
job if he can get it free, J will give
several reasons why this is done. At
the time men were sent from the pri
vate employment offices to the water
department there was not any . work of
this kind .posted in - the . free employ-.
ment office. Besides, - all the , private
employment offices are located close to
Second and Burnside streets, where the
working- class - congregate. ;- Among
them -there are many strangers. who
knew nothing of the free office.' - - -The
employers are responsible for the
working .class . having rto pay"" for "the
privilege bf going to- worlc They nold
they can not get sufficient help from
the public employment Office. . It ia be
cause all the good Jobs are sent fo the
private office, consequently all the good
men go there ; for work. . i;v
' There is no . good reason why the
working Class should pay for a chance
to, cam the- dally bread. .1 am a work
ing man end believe It my duty to stand
for the welfare of my class. .The pri
vate employment office Is one of the
links in our robbing economic system
that must be broken. E. A. Linscott.
- Curious Bits of Information
For the Curious
. Gleaned .From Curious Places
Wireless communication is 6a old as
Biblical times, according to a statement
in the bulletin of the. National Geogra
phic society.' The ancient Romans had a
system of sending messages over several
hundred miles by the use of mirrors." a
sort of heliograph.- By the use of mir
rors it was possible to telegraph a total
distance ef 14S miles from the Palatine
hill at Rome to Caprl-' The -flashing f
mirror signals was accomplished during
the day time, fires being used in front of
the mirrors at night. At the siege . of
Syracuse by Marcelluav mirrors were
employed by - Archimedes. The many
mirrors undoubtedly produced ai blind
ing effect on , the - eyes of . the
navigators of the attacking. vessels, al
though deubt is expressed aa ' to the
tmth of the atory of the burning of the
enemy vessels from shore by mirrors, -
QldetV Oregon
Pioneer Constable. Reeisting-Arrest,
KlUed by a Deputy. t -
In the spring of JS45 Joel Turnham
assaulted t Webley Hauxhurst' and : a
warrant was sworn out for" "the arrest
of Turnham."- Bemg a constable,-Turn-
ham eould not take himself into- custody.
so. John Edmonds was authorized to
make the arrest. Turnham resisted and
attacked Edmonds, who in 'the melee
shot and killed Turnham. The grand
Jury returned "not a true bur against
Edmonds.';, v . ' -; '. :... 7. ; v..-
COMMENT AND
" . SMALL CHANGE (
Let's make it 60-50. say the Republi
can women.
I am for, Hiram, may be short on
votes but he Is certainly long on noise.
: One good result from the gasoline em
bargo is that the halt are made to walk.
t - ' f : . ' :(
It win be found that the only way to
conserve the gasoline supply is to con
serve. ........
::..." .. il .'
The paper shortage is not an unmixed
evil if it leads to a curtailment of con
gressmen's speeches.
News of the first snowfall of the sea
son on Mars is unaccompanied by a fore
cast of a hard winter. . . .-. ;
A cow sold in Minnesota brought the
record price of $30,000, It is an indica
tion that the price of milk is not going
to fall .very soon. ; .
' The 'women might find 'consolation at
Chicago in the thought that it is better
to be on the outside Jooklng in than on
the inside looking out - yl
The distinction between political de
cision and judicial decision as drawn -by
the Republican national committee is too
fine for Senator Moses. ; - ;
MORE -OR LESS PERSONAL
- Random Observations About Twn
"'Mrs. William Harrison Peters Is a
visitor at the borne of her parents, Mr.
and Mra A. C. Teller. East Sixtieth,
street northt Both former Portland resi
dents, they make their home at Hotel
Ef. t.. n . . fXwnA r,nvAn nalianal
r r : ' - -
park where reters is in cnarga o unrH.ua wm . vp -
park. An Interesting ceremony attended
the dedication of the park. April $0, with
more than 500 visitors, many of 'horo
cs me west in private cars. The cere
mony lasted three days and -Included f
nlln-rimaa-e to -- Powell's monument, led
fcy Father Cyprene Vabree of Flagstaff.
Arts., one of the old line or me spamsn
conquistadors, and followed by a groop
ot Hopi Indians in native holiday "attire.
At the monument Governor Campbell of
Arisona. Stephen T. Mather of the na
tional park . service, Charles D. Mahaf
f ?C former PorUander; representing the
secretary of the interior; C. W- Pooler
of the forest service, and others, made
addresses which- were translated into
the language of the Indians by Peters.
An - elaborate ceremony, including ' a
dedication speech by Hopi Jpe (Saca
kuku). next chief bf the tribe of Hopls,
followed in the evening, with attendant
IniUan cerertoulal dances. Translation
of the native speeches was also made
by Peters.- The park Is a day's trip off
the Santa' Fe - route, from fWiUiams,
Arts., and as yet haa been visited by
few -Portland folk, aa it is Uttle known
because of its recent establishment aa a
national park. Mrs. Peters will return
to her home in the Grand Canyon Friday,
after a fortnlgh't'a visit.
- . -
r- "Mrs. Mary K. Britten, who operates
one of tHe pioneer hotels at The Dalles,
Is 1 a- guest at the Multnomah. Mrs.
Britten: says the hotels and rooming
houses at The' Palles are filled to
capacity. . . . ' :
Hazel Lee. the Chinese - page girl at
the Multnomah, ia attracting consider
able - attention ' from , tourists. Always
eager to, serve the patrons of the hotel.
Miss Lee never' cares to talk long to a
guest not, needing her servjqes. Several
women have found it quite difficult to
gat Miss Lee to Krcomvany them to the
street for a coveted kodak picture. Miss
Lee, although thoroughly . . Americanized,
IMPRESSIONS : ANDl OBSERVATIONS V
OF THE JOURNAL MAN t i v
By Fred
rnera it ia told- how BOly . Sunday, after
aundr iUTenila Tieisaitudaa,' all of which were
good for him. both oul and body, finally
broke ate big t league aonrpany. "Company"
ia : seed, for it waa mostly uat aompany and
ne mere for quits a long ape 11. Tet, ha waa
a eery busy - young; ' man at that., ana tht
third year ha waa a regular bis laaguer, ; ;
If anyone imaglnea that Billy Sunday
haa been carried to sueee on flowery
beds ' of ease., -all . he needs . to do to
reverse that opinion ia to listen to Billy
Sundav or "Ma". Sunday In telling of
some cf Billy's ' boyhood experiences
when for 11 years he lived in an orpnan
asylum.- v.. .'..'; ' '
' "Billy was sent to the orphan asylum
when he was 3 years old." , said Ma"
Sunday to me when I visited her at
their apple ranch In the Hood River
valley. "When Billy waa i4 he left
the orphans' home, and went to work
on Squire Corey's farm. One day Squire
Corey sent. Will and another boy named
Boy to the barn: to get a neckyoks. They
had some dispute as to who should
carry it and. In' the scuffle, the rod
came off - the neckyoke. Squire Corey
scolded the. boys ao, harshly - that BUly
decided to leave. . He borrowed a horse,
and rode seven milea to the next town.
He got a job there, working as-a rousta
bout in a hotel. After he had been there
a while .the hotel keeper let him off for
a'day." He stayed 'away two days, so
when he returned he waa . fired. ; Billy
had nothing la sight and no money. The
wife of the hotel proprietor let him sleep
in the barn and sneaked, food out to
biro when she eould. ' " ;
"Billy heard of 4 farm a few miles out
where h eould get a Job. He walked
out. sized the place up and came back
without applying. He explained; that
the farm was so run down and ; every
thing looked so uncared for and shiftless
that he didn't: want to work there.
Billy next went to Nevada, Iowa, county
seat of Story county. He struck Colonel
John Seott for a job. coionei ocou
said, 'I don't know .whether Sophia, my
wife, will give you the Job or not. You
belter go see her. Billy- went to see
Mre. Scott," but - when she saw ; how
slight he was. she shook her head and
said, You , are too amali. I ani -very
particular and there Ua lot of work
to be done.' Billy said."- 'Can't you try
me and ace? I am sure I can do your
work.' Mr. Seott said, AU right,, let's
see how Quickly nd how cleanly you
can scrub those steps. ' When she came
back a few minutes later, the steps were
scrubbed and they were scrupulously
dean. . She couldn't have picked, out a
Job that BiUy could have done better,
as for years at the orphan asylum his
job had been scrubbing floors, and they
were very particular. Mrs. Scott hired
him at once, She told him-his duties
would be to. take care. of 31 Shetland
ponies, milk two cows, get in the, wood,
cut the grass in summer and sweep the
snow off the walks In winters keep the
fires going, do any other chores that
were needed, and get the breakfast on
Sunday morning. Billy had been re
quired to help , in , the kitchen at the
orphan asylum, so be was a pretty fair
cook. Mrs. Scott- taught ' Billy during
the four years he remained with hr to
be a most txcellent cook. , It the devil
always finds mischief for idle hands
to do, he surely passed Bilty up. for he
had mighty UtUettme on his bands,: He
went to school during these four years,
working for hfa board, : He was grad
uated when he was 18. .
"In those days there used 'to be great!
rivalry -between the hose teams of -the
different fire companies.', llarilltown !
NEWS IN BRIEF ,
SIDELIGHTS
Pavement and sidewalk conatructlon
on a grand scale under the Bancroft act
is under serious consideration in Prlne
ville'e council. 'ir'r
Hot springa on the M. Dave Vineon
plaee on the west side Langell valley
that have long been kp&wo,tov,h ,fn;
dians and the. early settM . of the valley
tor their medicinal Profwrtles are to.fce
developed and commerot!ly uHliaad, the
Klamath Falls Herald istatea.
- . - .' :C-;:
"A ouestion. says tie Independent
"has been asked about Woodburn and
an answer- is needed fori the next Issue
of this papeK- Please ec6d your answer
In that it may be pubUied. The oue
t"onfs this : ' 'How mwh wood would
Woodbum burn If Wookurn would burn
This was In The t&JlfS Chronicle
under the caption. "GoA Roadr Pay':
"A- huge Portland moving . van- laden
with household urnlturey packed In cler
to the roof, rolled "PiofWl-residence,
unloaded and started J-eck. , It seams
the owner-had decided make Ws hom
in The Dalles, had soured house,
Mcked hU goods in a tfer r.ortland van
left Uiere at 4 a. m.. emived he.";
OTe goods safe at' P.jl'1- and had the
van oh lu way , back irjan hour or o-
UU holds to the Oriental . trait of ob
jecting to haying hejgi picture taken,
fireetr Rav Clark believes he has found
a war- to solve the prou-em. He intends
tn havrt Miaa Lee- nosei for a postcard
picture.. -Guests at th hotel Muring
Shrine week who desireta picture oi tua
i ...... ....,1 ,a v ri,v
' iTohn W, Cochran, former Portland
newspaper Tnan, left Safurqay ior aaiem
to assume" his .new Ajtles aa deputy
eeeretary of state. SaWm Is Cochran's
old home town and t,ere his parents
reside. Cochran' has so been mixed
up with statehouse affairs at Salem for
the last several years. '
.....
Mra Mildred Newell feas as Jer house
guests her son and his w.te, Mr. ana wrs.
t a r..u - f Vwik. N. J. Mr.
and Mrs. Carle came w.st to attend the
convention of the Natloifil Electrlo Light
aasoclatlon. held at Pftdena. May II
to 22 ' inclusive. - This convention was
attended by 2000. delegates,; two special
trains corning OWt fromf the East for it.
tw f-ort. in chairman bt the loommittee
on prime movers. and gVe the report of
the wora or tnat committee nunng mm
rant vear. Carle was brn in Portland,
educated at Stanford university, and is
now chief engineer of je Public servioe
Electric company of wewara, rx. j,
Dr. W. B. Bell, administrative assist
ant of thf United StaWil biological sur
v,v at Washington. D. e.l.apent Sunday
in Portland inspecting ttte local office of
the bioiegicai survey. iJtis morning, ac
companied by L N. Oaboelson, in charge
ofrodent control work, the left tor Cor-
Lxallls. They will be jolted this evening
oy cstaniey o. jewett, iiijtnoiso vi
atory animal control, arjd the three will
visit Medforrl and other points In Soufli
ern Oregon. They wlllJreturn to port-
land Saturday. ,-.
''. a' iet :
C W. Dunning, assistant general man
ager. of the Ford Motbr company at
Detroit, la In Portland,? having-arrived
Saturday at the BensoR.
George T. Pearee of Madras and Oor
doh Thompson of Bend M'ere among the
week-end visitors jat tn luitnoman.
Lockley
and Muscatine, lowa.g were old-time
rivals. The people at Marshalltown had
heard that Billy wag .' Very swift run
ner, so they came over, .and asked him
to -come to Marshalltowh so that he
Could run on their hojse- team. They
were, scheduled for a ccntast with Mus
catine. . BiUy had te Ue In. Marshall
town 60 days , to qualify,' so he could
be a member of their hpse team. They
told Billy they would -get him job
at $3 a week in a ffirnlture factory.
Billy worked aa a roiatabout' In the
factory, forking at putung chairs to
gether, and whenever there was a funeral
he drove the hearse; They Tut Billy in
as one or tne leaders o& the hone team.
By the time he had itayed there the
bo oays to quaury, he liked Marshall
town so well that he decided to remain.
jHe lived in Marshalltottft the next two
or three years. - While fhere, he Joined
Ue baseball team. : f
!.;'--':." ''"i','''iy'i :-:'-'- t. -
H "Billy took to basebal? naturally. One
time Marshalltown placed Des Moines.
This was in 1882. - Oneof the men on
his team got drunk, so JBilly held down
both center .and right f ld. I guess he
must have played rather. a .remarkable
game, because he made! six out of the
seven runs scored, anl Marshalltown
woji the game. Captain Adrian Anson,
manager of the White Stockings, uaed
to spend his .winters lf MsrKhalltown.
His people lived 4here. tAnsoit" waa the
first white - child born In Marahall
county.. His Aunt Em happened to see
Billy when , he- saved" the; day, for
Marshalltown- In the game with Des
Moines. She told AdriAn .about Billy's
remarkable 'playing. She asked him to
give Billy... a chance Ion the White
Stockings. -Anson - wasn't very keen
about it, but he promised be would try
him out -; -." -.'jV.
" "Next spring, tSt; Anson sent for
BUly to come to .Chicago. He told him
he -would aglve him a tjrlal and see if
he could veep the pace; with fast com
pany, ,i Billy landed lii -; Chicago with
less than ia dollar in Jiig. pocket Jle
bad been told . to - repof t r at Spalding's
Store, which was the headquarters for
the baseball gang. He t there at 7:20
In the morning, and styt . on the curb
stone until the store was opened. Along
about - 10 o'clock Tors Burns, Fred
Pfeffer, Ed Williamson, bid Silver Flint.
Ten Thousand Dollar Kelly and Anson
turned up. : .Billy Introduced himself and
Anson saidj1 "I hear yoii can run. We
will go over to the bail grounds and
see ff there ia any trvtli in the report.'
Pfeffer was the crack i runner of the
team. ; They Jlig p uniform for
Billy, but dldrCt happe,h. to. have any
running shoes to fit bim. Billy said.
That is 'all right. I car run barefooted
and beat him.' They all? laughed at his
confidence, but he madeigood and easily
outran Pfeffer. Anson Signed him and
aid he would use him ffr an emergency
man. ...':.:-: -: "
"The first year fhey Jet Billy soak
In the atmosphere of a winning team,
for to jump a boy from, the country lots
to a winning team was jretty sudden
rise. Anson made him ft' sort of advance
agent and bualneas manager , of . the
team. He had to take the tickets, secure
reservations on the train ace that the
baggage was aboard, pl.n out the rail
road connections, and occasionally' play
right field In games that were not Im
portant. The second year BUly waa
with the White Stockings he was play
ing a good many 'games, and the-third
year he waa one of the regular 'players.
BUly was with the White Stockings
five years " : x;' -.:: rrj
The Oregon Country
Northwaat iUppenlnm in Brief Form fof th
Busy Header.
OREGON NOTES
... oianiieia country
are cutting their first crop of alfalfa.
or ine nrt time the 20.000.000 gallon
reservoir of the Astoria water system la
now full. "
..TnS norml consumption of gasoline in
the Salem territory. 12,000 gallons, will
be reduced 60 teV cent.
An fat - - nna.lkl. . - I.L..'
..4ng of the new
i'inriwu at oaKer,
The contract for the survey of the
peat John tay. irrigation project haa
been awarded to a Portland flrnra
What la thought to be the firat steel-
v.tr.i.a.,imon. ver caught in the Mo
Kensie river ia. on, display at JSugene,
i.The.Btaton ,J,ht Tower company
IS contemplating j.lann for improvements
aggregating an expenditure of $l0.ouO.
uJ2 new armor' at Marshflald built
5?! hJCoutity and ntaU haa ben for
rrally dedicated with a grand military
.ThKl.e.tyJco,.'n"slo ef Baiter have
established a boxing commission to as-
in'the 9ttyl ' b0"- exhibitions
.Viof.er 7n" Pp"et high price level a
deficit of approximately $12,600 for the
for insane!8. hy hoBpitii
,iri7,5C0rnent19 b,nR rnal In the saw
IT. i ,KnnPtO- in increase the out
put of th pjanl from g0 000 to 140,000
teet per day,
.,At5!orvn,5' Pasoltne allotment tlck
Sr i!L"ued by ltln,s committee
2in. Th -on-unity la aUotted IS00
gallons per week.
i.iSiiCet ' porta f?r-l'"tlng of various
kinds of races win be a feature of en
tertainment for the children who attend
12 i;m' Plcnlo at Heppner, June
KI.-I!al,,e tw.a t0 "nbat the rrass
?Per.wplagua ,n th M"" section of
Klamath county an asaesMment of SS
beoi'leJiedCr lBMtd has
tha rr,v1 sheep from Kast
fand .to,tasture on logged off
hav. Rlver county, orchardlats
5aX . d Z cooperation to prevent
carnage to orchards.
The local office of the Umatilla for.
est reserve is issuing permits lo owners
of sheep, cattle and horses for the graa
i"" son. which is open for sheep be
tween June 16 and October 16.
WASHINGTON '
i.Sv,n PBron were Injured near Wal
a Walla when two automobiles collided.
t,inormat,0:n K' ben 'iIert Cen-
vHt.fa'',fl!,,' lat Noln wltl criminal
syndicalism, .
n al,Joti" ef. wh,,.at hT" '5 t
mrtrv .a. l?Jor nd August de
livery for $-'.60 per bushel.
ei,,peolat lr"-,n 1J will carry
Spokane fchrlners to the imperial coun
cil session at Portland, June i.
The district aasembly of tha Na se
rene .church, representing 11 churohea.
has been opened at Walla Walla.
. f,n May the total amount ef
&i Pff"?1, '"I Yakima was
$284,036. It included a $125,000 school.
.The Washington State grange 'haa'
Voted not to affiliate with tha Non
partisan league or the triple alliance.
The Columbia Dairy Products com.
pany of Vancouver lias lnc.rrm.ed Us
capital stock from $100,000 to $1,000,000.
The latest estimate of the fruit crop
of Wenatchee district for 1320 in n.50
carloads, as compared with 12,130 car
loads last year,
A combination livestock show and sale,
Jo be Judged by boys and girls, will be
held next October by the Lincoln Coun
ty Livestock association.
cloae their offices at noon on Saturday
...n puiuntcr rnuni nm io give fi.enou-
raphers a half day weekly vacation.
All V.'fl em trk T7Tlmn ,n nAlAtu.,. . 1
Kourth of July are aaured of a good
. nuniurr 01 new ifiatures in
the way of sports are to be introduced.
The Inland Empire Pioneer asuortatlon
has reelected Ben Bergundar of Colfax
president. The oldest pioneer prenent
was Mrs. Jane Coyle, who oame to Wal
la Walla in 1845.
Establiahment of grange banks and
organisation of factories of leather and
woolen goods by grange are among
the things advocated by Master Bouck
of the state grange. -
IDAHO
The eld Huetter mlllslte near Coeur
d Alt ne has been sold to ihe Ohio
Match company, ,
The members of the Moscow Christian
church are planning a ohureh addition
and other Improvements at a cost of
$15,000.
Enlargement of the Fori Hall recla
mation projoct through the use of
Indian appropriations will be recom
mended to congress. . ;
President' Wllnon has withdrawn the
nomination -of Dewey E. Willcoi as
postmaster at ItfcbfiHd and named In
his stead Lloyd E. Reynolds. .
Representatives of the Union raclfle
railroad are conferring wih farmers in
the Boise valley regarding the shipping
and e-efrigeraUng of the coming potato
crop.
Beans; tomatoes and ethar delicate
vegetables were slightly injured lst
week by froHt In the Boise valley. In
soma sections the thermometer dropped
to 29 degrees, -
county have oauaed Trosecuting Attor-
y nrown io ai'poaj io iiai oriiciaja
for hunters. Cattle and horses are be
ing slain by. the animals.
Uncle Jeff Snow Say:
Now that the 'lection's over, allow me
to say' it was the Tlriest, soberest, most
smokeleasest 'lecUon the Corners evtr
seen. Pry Skldders, who runs the see
gar counter in Gilkin's shelf and de
partment store, flggered thene candi
dates'd buy 100 per cent more seegars'n '
they did, and he's accordin' swamped
with overproduction of some mighty
pore specimens.
Ready Built House Companies
in Portland Do a Large
and Growing Business
"Yes. said the.newlywed to the
June blde whom lie still was eager
to obey and adore, ."I'd certainly
like to find a rustic dell where amid
the lacelike tracery sunbeams and
shadows frolic, and there build a
modest cottage as a bower for Just
us two. . But we've got to have a
place to live. We can't promenade
on the boulevard Indefinitely. Vou
may or may not know that getting
a home within our means and tune
limit In these congested times is
largely an unsolved problem."
"iiow;" cooed she, "about one of
these ready-built houses. Porlland
made for a Portland maid."
So ha Investigated. And he found
that Portland has five ready-built
house companies, of which one Is a
branch of a national organization.
Though the bunlness would look
more established measured' in
months than years, it gives ernploy
hsint to 400 workers, has a payroll
Of $760,000 and an output approxi
mating 800 to 2000 hounes, valued
at 3,S0O,0OO and "working up" about
18,000,000 feet jot lumber In the
course of a year. The pleasant fea
ture, of course, is that with tha
parts tut ready to fit, almost any
one can. assemble a home In short
order. A housing shortage . could
never become acute in Portland, or
any other city buying from Port
land, as long as the readv-hullt
ioue Industry keeps growing at lu
present rate.
"A