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1 : I THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL; P ORTLANP, TUESDAY, ; JUiME 8. 1920. ... AS rXDEPENPgST KEWBFAPEB C 8. JACKSON .................. Pobltahef t fi calm. b confident, be chTful and-; oo tin to others as 7 on would hare then da anto yon. 1 Fablishee every werk day and Sunday morons, at The Journal Building. Broadway and Tanv hiil (treat. Portland, Oron. Entered at tho Poetnffica at Portland. O1W5 - for UmnsmiadoB Wirouah the aaaus a eeeona class aaaUer. ' - TELKIHO.N Efl Main 7173. Automatic B9i' An departments reached by these numbers, I-ORKMJM ADVERTISING BEPBESENTATIVE Benjamin KantnorCo., Brnnewlek BaiWina. 2a Fifth , arenae. haw Tork; 800 Mailers " Bufldin. Chicago. SUBSCRIPTION BATES By earriar, city and country. DAILY AMD BUNDAT One week......t .18 Ona month.....! .65 TA1I.T . 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HURRYING TO TOWN TARM population In America Is still hurrying into trie elites.- v Of 50 counties In 14 widely scattered states, 34 show an actual falling off In farm population. On these initial figures of rural population, the full census report It is .predicted, may show an urban population of 63 per cent agatnst 46 per . cent in 1910. It means that In addition to the natural growth of urban ' population, thou sands ' upon- thousands have flocked Into the cities from rural America. " More to' the' point, " the Insistencies that the final returns of. the census will show, that '-America has. changed in 10 years from an emphasized agrtt cultural nation"' to an emphasized in dustrial nation.'. It is a change .that everybody has -desired to avert, be cause the; higher! the percentage - of industrialism in a nation the more there is of dispute, strife and strug gle. In addition, the higher the per centage of industrialism and the lower the percentage of agricultural popu lation, the nearer agricultural produc tion must drop toward under produc tion . 1 Industrialism is the most compli cated of all life. It creates more pub lic ... and semi-public - problems to be solved. , It Is more attended with divisions-, and groups and clan3. It is the embodiment of the perennial dis-"raite-hotwpen' so-railed ranital and labor. .-''. , On the other band rural population and ' rural enterprise is the most placid, the most stable and the least controversial. . The very atmosphere . and surroundings and quietude" of rural life enormously contribute to the serenity and even-mindedness of .agri cultural life, while the roar, the tur moil tjid the tumult of processes in the city are ; highly contributory to the "familiar' irritation, and dissatis faction of industrialism. ' ; . '.'i s There is no use to ask; why this fundamental change in our national life: is going on. . Men go where they . thinkr-they can best get on in ,the .world. .They are,- drifting' into the cities j from the ; farm S under, i thit formula.. They go to theVcitlts be cause the farms are not sufficiently profitable to satisfy them. ' - ., The country as a whole Is "largely responsible.": B1g industrial, figures have insisted - all along on a fiscal " policy under which industrialism has thriven and agriculture languished. If that is disputed, how can the man who denies It otherwise account for . the spectacle of , the . thousands and v tens tf thousands hurrying from the farm to the city ? -". If the farms offered sufficients reward, would population hurry into the city to' enter there into Jhe trenuois -sVuggte and the more Jd iff icult life of the town ? Certainly, not. pur prohibitive tar iffs which have so prospered big-in- ' dustrial figures have rendered farm ers no service in comparison, and it and other like policies have so nearly hied the farms white that the farm boy Is forsaking the old homestead. The Medico, a Portland journal for physicians, pleads that Clatsop Crest, a beatity spot on the Columbia river highway-near Astoria, be not. 'relegated to, lunch fiends and coffee Jhounds,' and permission be denied to "the , great ' American ; crew of sandwich eaters to take over this beautiful place - to he-dill and ' be peanut butter it." It is saddening to think of so sad -a fate -for the spot. but unfortunately nature has a way of stimulating appetites for food ia direct proportion to the kindling of imagination - and the Intensifying of appreciation at. such points, ' In aly the thrall of majesty and outdoor charm, naturenever yet has forgot ten the supper; call, J WHEN THEY SPEEr THE killing of Tony Po;ich In a mad automobile . race, on Nine teenth street ' failed .- to , act as a de terrent to other speedy,' drivers last week. Other pilots, wh death hov ering over, sped , about Portland streets, . crashing Jntd machines and pedestrfart-jilrae. falling to control their vehicles because of . excessive speed,- the erring drivers caused dam age which ran into the thousands and sent several injured to the hospitals. One man, driving" west , on Davis street, desired to .turn into a filling station" between Fourth land Fifth. Another car bound east threatened to collide with him as he turned. Rather than wait, "the driver bound west threw his machine Into high speed and cut in ahead of the other auto mobile. His car dashed Into a pedes trian at the sidewalk and hurled him against a sign board. The pedestrian is in the hospital.. A machine; bound north on Tenth street was smashed by another car proceeding west on Taylor. The Tay lor street car is declared to have "been making .a speed of 35 miles. A quick stop was Impossible. As a result, a woman is in the'hospital. An automobile going west on" An- keny was wrecked : when a machine turned east on Ankeny from Fifth street at high speed. The Fifth street car skidded 42 feet before It smashed Into the other machine. What is the speed when an auto skids 42- feet on dry pavement and then jan't stop? , Another I car was going 50 miles an h our on Twenty-fifth . street - A ma chine bound west on Love joy ap peared just ahead in the intersection. The -racing machine could not stop. It skidded 38 feet. on dry pavement, drove Into the other car, and bowled it over. A woman was sent to the hospital. i . . 5 . : Speed causes many wrecks. It sends lots of people to the hospitals. And It sent Tony Polich to the grave last week. : :J ' - i ' : ' -1 - .- ; . .". If something appears in front pt a racing machine, a stop is usually out of the question. k swerve may carry the car into something or somebody else. Speed very often forces a ma chine without it to take right of way at intersections, resulting in a wreck. It often means lack of control, i V" And it . Is seldom that a person is seriously injured in a clash of two machines - moving along at 10 miles an hour.: ;But make .it 25 and there Is frequently a serious injury or fa tality. . t ' t ... "See Spokane Shrink" is the slo gan the Sun and New York Times .suggests for the metropolis of the Inland ; Empire. Instead of. being discouraged at the loss of popula tion during the last census period, the New York publication proposes that Spokane's publicity expert ; ad vertise, rpurs are citizens of the better sort and because of the lack of labor on the farms they are giv ing up their ; happy homes in this beautiful and .'prosperous city and going- hack to the lantl In order that the effete east may, not perish until It has reformed." . . -FIESTA SOMETHING electric tingles in the very air of Portland. Sensations are effervescent like bubbling cham-l pagne without an after depression. , Whether you look or whether you listen You can hear life murmur or see it -glisten.-, ( ' . Commonplace faces are. apt to smile at unexpected moments. ' Casual feet quicken to the.tap of. the Might, fan tastic Life flows along a swifter course - ' ' ' In the downtown heart of business and the OUtlYinK ; Shaded Ihnfmie-h- fares v'' ere , home hearts are warm, renovation holds carnival. . Paint Vis brightening spots long stranger to it. Old, cluttery buildings which, like the embodiment of rperversionr have long put a : libel on'. Portland's beauty as visitors came through i the . Union depot and looked up Sixth street, have disappeared and'a" park; arid parking area or, real charm are - taking their place., -"f r -"I ' - Long rows of "grandstands sprJnic u o over night In every - space' that will accommodate, tnem as if all the b.ase ball games and Oiympie, contests in me world were to be seen- at Tmcev Lonyentipnal .arc lights have over whelming competition in endlecs groups of parti-colored incandesccnts. tven at the street intersections, the white Jlnes whfch show where pedes trians, may safely walk have -been supplemented by markings of yellow, green 'and red. ' " . i. . . ' The ' whole city is goInK through 'art experience pf expectancy like the night Deipre umstmas or .the hour before a wedding. ' Evervhodv The Rose Festival and the Rose Show are at hand-t The great Shrine con ventiop is near. The Kiwanfs and T P.. A, national gatherings are soon to be. Portland makes fiesU; Hospital ity ' transcends all else. Hostelries will perform miracles In entertain ment of guests. Hotels oh wheels will flocjk in on temporary tracks usurping park blocks.; School -houses will be come dormitories. Private homes or dinarily exclusive will become jod- uuarumg nouses. Luncheon clubs whose schedule no ordlnarv casion would interrupt, will ntir-iv suspend their meetings. Sedate lamp posts will emerge in trappings like unty the palms of Arabian gardens. Lually sedate citizens will be organ ised in T filnging choruses that will IrVocallze in hotel lobbies. - There isn't a limit or a boundary upon hospitality. Father Portland'Is preparing to extend himself- and 1 is glad he's alive . ' ' A WOEFTJTj shortage THE Portland school district will hold a special election on June 19 from noon until 8 p. m. A measure which Is to be the subject of 3 the votes of that day is a 'proposal for a levy of 3 mills In addition to regular school taxes. If. approved the pro ceeds of the. levy will approximate $950,600.. The amount Is asked for new school buildings. , j K , The average citizen may Justifiably and with" assurance m of sympathy squirm under the growing burden of taxation. . i There are those who have com plained bitterly at the Portland school board. V;v .J K Jt.-xY('l, But the fact that Portland schools fall far below the demands of a grow ing school, population: cannot be ig nored.; '; - - . 1 UU r t During the past three years no per manent' school building i,hasj been erected In Portland. One hundred and nineteen temporary, portable schools are in use. Thirty-seven more porta ble schools must be provided for ele mentary schools by September. Ten more portables are needed for the high schools. - , " '- School facilities are 166 rooms be hind the demand. , ; Were these all to be built the cost would be $3,320,000. It Is obvious that the measure pro posed would provide ; for little more than the growth of a year. ' " ; ! Alternatives to a millage tax might be found. Unused school properties might be sold and enough realized to pay ; for all J the new I buildings re quired.; Certain economies in the rou tine school budget might be possible. These are worthy of consideration But! nothing should blind Portland to the1 fact that new school buildings are needed and that the educational needs of our children are always Imperative needs and should by one method or another be met. ' A two cent stamp carries an Amer lean letter to New Zealand but five cents is demanded to carry the same letter to Australia. Can any one tell why? ; '."V. : -Tr. , :':'-.: ' ' ' PORTS AND FLIM FLAM Vv 'llLE congress .wrangles over the W river and ; harbor , bill, what about th; ports , of the Columbia? What about, the channel. from Port land to the sea? What about the harbor entrance at-the-mouth of the Columbia? What about the channel project between Vancouver and the mouth of the wuiamette? J V! ik' U The government has spent many millions of dollars in deepening the harbor entrance and In providing the Portland ship channeLf To this great expenditure are added the millions 6pent by ; Portland and Astoria In channel work and. in building terminal facilities.- The facilities resulting rep resent probably an aggregate invest ment of $30,000,000. t -I V-f The channel must be maintained. The harbor -entrance must be : kept deep and safe. Otherwise investments in port facilities " will be wasted. Otherwise the ambitions .of the 1 ports of the Columbia will be defeated. It "is the duty of congress 'to make sufficient appropriation to maintain the nation's established harbors. There is no taint of the pork barrel about the Columbia.; I - v f 1 It is the duty and the pledge of. the army engineers to send the dredge Chinook back to work at the mouth. of the river. The vessel was diverted to a South Atlantic harbor to meet a .war emergency. The ; emergency is past. The Chinook ; belongs to this project. . The army engineers promised her return. While j they 'dilly-dally about doing so, it would probably he well for them to remember that , the Chinook: would have been decaying at the boneyard of ships below town had it hot been The; Journal's assom biage of world-wide facts that induced doubting technicians to give the Chi nook a trial on the Columbia river, bar. As a result, there is no longer a' Columbia river bar. But there will be unless dredging ; service Is . main tained. j , i The voice of the ports of the Co-Iumbia-of all the honest ports of the nation ought to be heard now at Washington on river and 'harbor mat ters. : ; :". v' Kf; ; '; ;-;i' -; . .Why should political : flimflam be allovyed to defeat ports upon- which depend "not only , commerce but f the utility of. the merchant marine? UNCLE SAM'S PROMISE X TO UTTERANCE more sensible has 1 tH emanated from the federal re- Iserye system than its appeal -to the people of America to hold . their; Lib erty bonds. The pessimistic, moonmgs about ; the . public's loss - of a billipn dollars because of their patriotic in vestment in the nation's, war securi ties are ail staff and nonsense. It was perfectly well' known at the time Liberty, bonds were sold that he government would . not redeem, them this year or next year. The maturity date was. plainly marked and clearly announced atthe time; of every Lib erty loan campaign. '-4 ; I v v W Uncle Sam will keep his ; promise 'to pay.- When the bonds fall due they will be redeemed in gold coin. ; Jn the interim, every interest' payment. oc-lwill be made. .The only people who lose on Liberty bonds are those who become' impa tient and sell their bonds to brokers The broker isn't in business for his health. ' He is after his commission. The whole ; traffic in Liberty bonds depends upon discounting them. -After a sufficient number of sales have been made ' and . some . powerful: banking group has obtained control, then they will see to it that the prices rise again.' And perhaps the same doubt ing Thomases that sold originally at low s rates will pluck up confidence and' buy again,' thus assuring the broker influences .the .double profits they seek. i " Don't forget there Is. an inevitable day. coming when Uncle Sam will re deem his promises to pay ; in. fulL Keep your Liberty bonds. - J SUFFRAGISTS ENCOURAGED By Carl Smith, Washington Staff Cor respondent of The Journal. : ... Washington. June 8. Suffrage forces have been greatly heartened by the- de cision of . the United, States supreme court in the Ohio case, holding that the ratification '-: of an amendment to the federal constitution by a ; legislature Is nnaj, and is not subject to a refer endum. This follows the ODtnion of the Oregon supreme court, which was to the same point, and overrules the Wash ington supreme court, which off sred an oainion in the contrary direction. This maKe-tne ratification by. the Ohio leg islature a finality, and makes sure that only one more state is needed to com plete ratification of the suffrage amend ment.' - . . The main hope of the suffrage forces Is that North Carolina will ratify at a special session of the legislature to" be held next month. The reports from that state are not unanimous, but the most of them' are favorable. ; ; Since Senator Simmons, the most Influential democrat In the etate, has declared for-ratification, although not himself a ; suffrage advocate, the suffrage leaders believe they will win. This hope. If realized, will confer the voting. privilege on . about ii.tMW.utw women. . ana in several states their1 votes win be unusually important next November. ' It is no secret to say that the Democrats expect to derive the greatest benefit from these new voters. because of the recognition women have received from - the ' present aadmlnistra- non, me interest sno wn ; in, ocuu wel fare and child : labor , legislation under Wilson's leadership, 'anoX tne- intense hostility5 shown ""to women a politics by several A Republican -' senators . who must face the people this fall. Senator Brandegee of Connecticut being a nota ble example of -the tory senators who dread the. vote of the women. ' ; ...... ..... a . . . ' - The supreme court in Its .opinion de clared that "legislature" means the same today as it - meant . when it ' was placed In the constitution. On the other side it had been contended that ' legis lature" . means not merely , the lawmak ing 'body of a. state, but the voters from whom i the legislature derives its au thority. The Ohio constitution specifically pro vided for a referendum on. ratification of amendments to the federal . constitu tion, and so presented squarely, the question of the legality of a referendum; So If the voters by referendum declare against the amendment their action will be-one of no effect. One ' result ; no doubt will be to give Impetus to an - amendment to the - fed eral constitution to require ratification of amendments by vote - of . the people of the states. Instead of by the legisla tures. ..." All the Farm People Don't Go to Little Old New York Cities Under 100,000 Population ;;V Growing Ratably Faster. Are ';;" : IVom tha. San Prancicco . Cafl New 'Tork city; has now reached, ac cording to census estimates, a total population of. about six. millions, which is to say mat ail we people or aweaen Bulgaria, Chile or Afghanistan and; near ly all the people of Holland or Switzer land could find places there if the pres ent inhabitants would , go away. But the present inhabitants? for some reason, do not want to go away. They ' stay, more keep coming, and the crowds are greater and everyone is more uncom fortable with each passing year. Crowds draw crowds, as one fly lighting on lump of sugar seems' to draw ether flies. And New Tork is the largest lump of sugar in the United States, the largest in the world. . Fortunately, the boys ' who leave the farms do not all go to the great cities. While New York's population : has been increasing 25 per cent, as have those of all the . major cities,; the. population of cities and towns under 100.000 has In creased four times as rapidly. . This seems a more wholesome symptom, for the city, of 100,000 Is not out of touch with the land and the basic industries in . the way that the larger cities are. Each one of such cities is conscious of the smaller cities and towns upon which it Is directly dependent, just as each smaller ctty.br town Is conscious of de-i pendence upon the farmers or the miners who turn out the raw material. Jf the men who work in the open country stopped turning out raw material the great cities , would soon be as, sick as Vienna now Ia In her f palmy days Vienna. drew tribute from an Immense empire ; . now with the empire gone no tribute is sent in -and the city is dying of starvation, physical and spiritual. . This Is a good lesson for modern na lions, 'whose inhabitants have been leav ing the raw material industries and run ning into the middleman occupations. It should teach- -them that cities are or no use unless they-are; backed up by the country producers, and that civilization, far from; centering In the city, actually has its roots and Its highest develop ment In the country. ; For It is the coun try producer, like the manual - worker. whose loss would be first felt if he sud denly disappeared. . slSew York and the other great cen lers will "continue to grow and so , will the smaller centers. But the open country will have to grow, too. to wealth and contentment if the theatres are to be kept open, the banks prospering, the shops busy, the ; automobiles running. The" man with pick or hoe is at the bot tom Of it all. Be- Honest With Uncle Sam From the : Northman. i Some men of high business standing seem to think that the federal, state or municipal government is fair game for -gonglng, and do not hesitate to employ methods and stoop to actions1 they would disdain in dealing with individuals. Even in times of national stress we have seen that while : some were denying them selves little luxuries and skimping and saving , to subscribe to the war ; funds there were many whose code of business1 ethics was so elasUetljat grabbing gov ernment, dollars- waa , -something; they oonstdered brilliant and .astute. Looking back a few pages Jn: the his-: tory. of Oregon we find .the same, thing during a period of development and it has been more oi less the same through out the country. Fraud practiced against the individual is a simple , crime. Fraud practiced against the - comirnwealth . is crime agatnst many and Is . compounded . by taking on the. character of treason, s True - allegiance and citisensnip is rooted In reverence for our country institutions which the spirit of greed. avarice . and selfishness - must not in vade. ... , - , The true patriot Is as frank and hon est in his dealings with Uncle Sam as he is with his next door neighbor. It - was Emerson who said : "Every man takes care that, his neighbor shall not cheat him. . But a day cornea when he begins to care that he do not cheat his neighbor. Then all goes well. He has changed . his market-cart into a chariot of the sun. Tear squarely with Uncle Sam. - Letters lrom the People f Communieation sent to The Journal for trablicaUon in thia denartment ahonld be written os only on iie af the paper, ahonld not excaed SOU worda ta leaeth and moat ba atcnea or tu writer, whoas mail addrasa in full mmt ueon pur tna contribution. 1 , . , , . . "-f THE METRIC ST STEM Seaside, June 1. To the Editor of The Journal In The Journal of May 26 ap peared an article In which W. C Wil son of the American1 Institute of Weights ana Measures opposes the Dillon bill. which provides for the establishment of the 7 metric system as the standard In the United States. While the bill in question may . not be wise, there Is no doubt about the merit of the metric sys tern over the old Teutonic system, com monly called the English system; ro- qoubt a sudden change of stand ards would cause much confusion, but this is not necessary. There is always danger of reformers defeating their own ends by going too fast. I believe have a good solution of this difficulty, namely, to put the "metric system into our public schools! alongside of the old system and teach-it to the next genera tion. In about 20 years the time will be ripe to pass a law making it the stand ard, thus eliminating objectionable fea tures, which would! naturally xesult from forcing ; It -upon - the public now. There Is no reform that cannot better be ac complished in this way than by haste ana violence. .1 . ,--At.:zv- v.- When . Mr. Wilson talks f of 408 milli meter bats and 1871 millimeter collars, he is otstorting the facts. ' The unit- used would be the centimeter, and should read 40 and 18, which would be iust- as convenient as what we have at present. a less number! of fractional sizes would be necessary. He Intimates that the system is not in use now in . the United ' States, bt all our money is based on that standard, and most of the scientific work 1st done in the metric. Which 1 1s easier. for instance a . mile 54x320) -or to. And' the number - of meters in a kilometer.. (10x10x10)? A problem -can freqnently be solved in a fraction of the time and in few If any cases takes more! time, and a greater aegree ; or accuracy is possible. Ene land is the only-Country not using the metric system in part. We are indebted to England .for many- things, but in this she is behind the times and -America cannot afford to reject a reform so valu able. . u : .. i , v C P. Stevens. ' IN RRPLT TO MR. LINSCOTT -. Walla Walla. June' 6. To the Editor of The Journal E.' A. Linscott, on radi calism, says : "Some go crazy and want to ; overthrow the government. That wouldn't do any good,' as the trouble nev er sprang from our government" I .. think. It did so from our real gov ernment, the "invisible government,"Lthat is' now using S2S.000.000. to elect a presi dent of this reputed free republic. I am now - reading; The- History- of a Com mercial Crime,' giving, the whole inside work qf John P. Rockefeller, and If Mr. Linscott doesn't think John D. .Is-:-to blame and a very large part of aur gov ernment, he should read : "The Railways and the Republic, by James F. Hudsom Mr, Linscott says :. 'But the producing masses have the power to overthrow the system." Grahted, but as. long as they can be divided by a Democratic, Repub lican or , a Socialist god. the - system privilege . will . live. When i the "herd get the word "solidarity" stereotyped la their brains enough to forget brickbats, dynamite,; etc, and get down- to indus trial solidarity,- the- system will- listen to justice, and not until, then. Mr. Linscott says : "It makes no dif ference how ignorant one is, he takes it just the same" meaning the radical dis ease.: ; Personally, I have "never . found ignorance and radical Ideas - together Ignorance, as a rule. I've found conserv ative. A. Johnson. A QUESTION OF, CITIZEN SHIP. 7 Hall. . Wash., June 3. To the Editor of The Journal Is. a person born in the United States of foreign parents - con sidered a citizen, -or would he have to take-out naturalization papers T i: - ' ?;: " :,..' -; - : lumberman. (Tha fonrteenth amendment to tho ooratitn tion of the , United 8tetes. first elanse, reads: "All paraona' born or naturalized in the TJaited Statea, and rabiect- to the Jurisdiction thereof. are --citizens of tna I nitad -- States and of the tate wherein they ' reaide." : ; The phrase. ' ""and anbieet. to the jnrisdiction ..." thereof," ; excepts children f , parents temporarily ; In th United Statea and harina no expectation of . rehnqutkh lng tbeir residenca in their own country. Other -wiaa, the constitution includes ail children Darn here, eren the childre of Aiistios ,whe era not themselves ehsibla to naturalisauon. . ,' : ADVISES 20-MILE LIMIT ; ' Bend, June 4. To the . Editor of The Journal rne people or . Portland seem ih a fair way to be all killed off. judg ing from reports in your paper June 3, When whiskey-became a menace It was killed off. The automobile has become a menace and should' be curbed. 7 Oregon should pass a law prohibiting any auto mobiles in the state to be geared to greater speed than 20 miles an hour. No sane person wishes to go faster In a car - Those who do are auto maniacs and . should not . be allowed . to endanger lives as they are permitted to do now. A D. Raymond. Curious Bits of Information For the Curious .. Gleaned From Curious Places The much-abused term "automatic' can be applied with f uU Justice to a new and highly Ingenious phonograph.. This versatile instrument plays as many- as 0 records, one after another in order, selects any record indicated, allows fh tervala betweenselectloiis of 10 seconds to, half an hour, repeats If desired, and stops : at any , predetermined point.; ac cording to Popular Mechanics. When the machine is started, an arm rolls the first record out of the rack and in -front of the turntable, where a plunger cen ters It. - Olden Oregon Over-Mountain Trail Located Between Clatsop and Willamette. - Following the establishment of - the Methodist missidswoq Clatsop plains in 184D, " Joseph. H. Krost, and Solomon Smith explored a route to the Willamette rvalley. by way of the coast and Tilla- mook. No white man had visited that part of the coast since 1806,. when it was partially ; explored by Captain Clarke. There was an Indian trail from TiUamook bay to the Willamette valley, With an Indian guide, Smith and. Frost traveled this trail, and . reached " the Willamette valley settlement after a two weeks' journey. 7n" their return . they drove back to Clatsop some horses and cattle. to stock the plains. : ' AND A GOOD WIDE ONE, TOO , From tha -Wall 7-8tiet Jonrnal ' .There is always a margin for thrift between what you want and . whaf -ou need. , . ... COMMENT AND NEWS -IN BRIEF J ' "':-"-v - ---- - - - - vy --- J -' .SMALL CHARGIT Great rain. ,' ' The "camels are coming. - - . . The roses are a ho wine in sood shane for the big show. On with 1 the - sales. let the ahonners profit where. they may. , Don't turn on the aras. Save It to show the Shriners the town. '--- ' i -. - Mrs. O'Learv's cow made thlncrs hot In Chicago some years ago. but the old pachyderm at present WriUng Is going the cow one better. . . All the news writers - have the onlv dope" . on , the . convention, hut - some new8Daoer men. like a number- of can didates who recently "aspired" at a local election, are going to wonder "what struck them," after It's all over. MORE OR LESS PERSONAL Random Observations Aboul Tdwn John Cochran Sunday changed his place of residence from - the Cornelius hotel to Salem, where today. he started upon his career as chief deputy secre tary of state under , sam A- Kozer, tne new secretary. Except for the time he has spent at the legislature at Salem. Cochran : has been' a resident guest at the Cornelius for several years. Kozer, It appears, was so : enthusiastic about his tiew first assistant that, he drove down from Salem, to transfer Cochran to the capital. . at o " v A -party of Eastern "tourists that ar rived at the Multnomah hotel this morn ing included : Mr.; and Mrs. G. L. Pat terson, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Johannasen, A. Vaughn, W; G.. Hochhausen and Mrs. J. VW. D. Carter. Patterson is president of Stanley A Patterson, elec tric supplies. New Tork city ;-' Johanna- sen is - treasurer. r and manager or tne Southern Electric company at Baltimore ; Vaughn is from Philadelphia; Hochhau sen from Montclalr, N. J-, and Mrs. Car ter, from Portland, Maine. . , - iMr. and Mrs. W.C -E. Prultt. Miss Rae- and Miss Mary Helen Fruitt ; of Pendleton are at the Seward hotel from Pendleton.: , - . - J " J. D.'Halton, better known - hereabouts s "Doug," Is back In Portland for a visit after- spending several years under the San Diego, CaL. pun. "Because of the war,- the interim has seen no great changes wrought in Portland-, yet the most natural thing "Doug" found was the . rain. He -was formerly; In business here. Hal ton Is a guest at the Perkins. . - ,:-;, -J-:' I"-,-: 7;W':.' ' ' Dr. and Mra George R. ' Wood of Sioux City. Iowa, and Miss E. W. Wood of Denver,' Colo., are tourist , guests at the Multnomah -hotel who have reason to congratulate themselves that they did ndt - arrive ' tn the city "about a-week latenwhen, hotelmen seem to think, a hook in the wardrobe will be about the only available bed. 7 f 7.77:a ' -., ' -T 17 ; 1 " E. T. ' Halton,' Tillamook merchant, is at the Hotel , Oregon. Tillamook, reached from Portland over a new and excellent chain of macadam ' roadways, is on the threshold of a; .great , summer season, during which a greater degree of tourist travel will be seen than at any-, time IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS j OF THE JOURNAL MAN .. I By Fred Lockley (RaTinc visited the Indian school at Chemawa, Mr. Lockley extols the wort that ia betnc done there both that done for and that done by tha 700 pupils at that institution. Two expressions recorded by Mr. lockley - rereal atandards of Indian character that will wen repay the anost rekpectfnl consideration on the part of all Cau casians. j' Governor and Mrs. Olcott and , I were guests a few days ago of Mr. and Mra. Harwood Hall at Chemawa. Mr. Hall is superintendent of the Indian ' voca tional school at ; that place. While we were 7 at "dinner the Chemawa! band played selections on the lawn In front of Mr. Hairs house. The dinner was prepared and - served by students of -the course In domestic economy. I tried my best to have Superintendent Hall ar range a contest as to which group of girls could- 000k the best, arranging the students In groups of four each group to serve one meaL I volunteered to act as one of the Judges. This would mean that I would have the felicity of eating about 25 wonderful dinners... ? 7 1 . u : ;; - - :,:'"' r - - ' ' 7-&7. ; ';i The decoraUons of the room as well as of the table were arranged by the In dian girls and exhibited harmony ; and restraint. A fruit punch was follbwed by clear soup of wonderful flavor. This was fouowed by ripe tomato stuffed with picalllL' Fish with tartar sauoe came next, followed with a sherbet with mayonnaise dressing. Then came fried spring chicken and green peas, then Hoe cream apd istrawberriea, followed with after dinner, coffee. I don't know where the ripe olives and salted almonds came in, but I remember they formed a most enjoyable part of our dinner. The serv ice was as perfect as the dinner.:so is It any wonder-that I , would like to be of ficially designated judge M a dinner contest given by the girls otih do mestic economy course of the Chemawa school T . Julia : Fratis, who presided in the dining room. Is from St. Pauls island. Alaska, one of the Pribylof group, where we maintain a breeding ground for the fur seal.' She was awarded the gold medal , for the past year for being the most efficient and dependable girl stu dent of .Chemawa. Wallace Bee be won the same honor among the boy students. v . : ; . :: ; Z-r-x i It ' is a delight to Inspect the work being1 done j at Chemawa. We have so many state institutions at or In the vicinity of Salem that we take the gov ernment training school more or less as a matter of course. We do not stop to realize that students, from all f over the United States are -in attendance and that thU school is one of the "big alx" Indian schools! of the country and Is said by inspectors and other employes of the-Indian bureau to be the best 4n the. entire country. We. have good cause to be proud of It. No' one can examine the Work of the more than 700 students without a thrill of pride., v -'s-,A.;;fct The moment you enter the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hall you begin to appre ciate the Infinite possibilities of the d velopment of -our original -Americans. The floors are covered with the rarest and finest examples of the Navajo's art in rue- weaving. Zunt pottery decorates the mantlepisce and plate raiL Indian baskets of wonderful workmanship 'are ...mrhsre in evidence. OUaS from New J Mexico and Arizona, skinning knives of flint and ivory from Aiassa, paraas 01 reindeer -skin and j innumerable other examples of naUve art are artistically arranged in the reception room and liv ing room. ,f m r'717 l-t j-v : 1 Mr., and .Mrs. Hall: gave a rece'pUon after the graduating exercises, . to the class of ' 1920. - In addition to the 19 graduates there were a number. of visitors- from Salem and, Portland. During thav; evening- I ; circulated 7 around and chatted with everyone there, and not only spent, a delightful evenlnabut ran SIDELIGHTS Business at ' Cfane as so 'increased that Postmaster Cain has put In a lot of new postoffice improvements. Includ ing a stamp canceling machine. . . "Dispense with air the man-made ex travagances." .urges the La Grande Obi I server. "ins greatest mauiv . i wnrtil &m frmn for vervhody charge one cent for June! -:a.- a"" Am of a low .hMir nurihr the coming har-1 vst nnaaonTall work on county roads U) be suspended by the Baker county commission. This decision I""u"' I conference with representative r"' i Ripe cherries have made their appear- r i,i M,rtt tn i " V " z. f I . 1 T WA n M A f lhnwr III JUIIQ . I T"T;rK-,i,ine rtH spring annMr O I'm nallV n the WSV. cherries are selling for 20 cents a box." in the last several ytars. it Is said. When tourists travel, especially by auto-1 mobile. Tillamook will get its snare, ior 1 many delightful mountain and seashore J retreats are avaliame tnrqugn iwi 1 . : -. , a . 1 iii vo,irhn'?fnmWlv a Portland I city detective, later with the government j and now a deputy sheeOT in King coun- 1 tv. Waahinptnn. snent Sunday night at I fh Trvin . hnt.i whflk a orlsoner he '.iV.i; battle 1 w" u.rr J .vl .. enjoyed nimseii oeninuj uw couniy jan. augu t, uu"s leeed bad check- man; s remained pocue 1 whiln Andv visited locia9 friends. : 7 , :e? r " Mr. and Mra Walter M. Pierce and daughter. Miss Clalrei of La Grande. are at the Multnomah hotel. Pierce, v,i. iim. h. ZZhZ?: ' " 7V i- tensive wneu aiiu, tne rana tvonae va?y, - r . " . - .7 . 7. " -uiA-Kura n . passing on Baker mar Ed C. Dunn. Dallas, jOr.. confectioner, chants checks aggregating about $24, but Is at the Imperial. Frqtn the same Polk was unsuccessful in an effort to ob eountv cltv Mrs. Charles Gregory comes laln an 1800 automobile. to the Oregon on one of Iter spring buy-ine- trios. . Mrs. Gregory conducts a women's store at Dalas. i Fred Suskey. man.ker of the Hotel Savoy at Seattle. Is afiuest at the Port - i,n ht.t Mr' and Mrs. W. J. Weaver of Roseburg, where Pthe former con- ducts the Umpqua hkel. are guests at the Imoeriai. . ..K-v- . W. J. Patterson, cashter of-"an Aber - deT- bankandli:' ltoxZn HinrV Schmidt, other Aberdeen business men, are at the Multnomah. From near SrhmMf. nther Aberdeen business men, Olympia comes A. H Chambers, owner of extensive farming interests, to- the Ferklns. At the Imperial is J, W. kroner, txr.it. txr.iia tnrTnOifl and the Port - rwTininrived A Gllman -."."es. Indicate that the Centralia land is ntrlal?ingrL T,Shtr- Nvmal school will have an enrollment connected with the fVmerican Lumber- of nearly 200 at the tenth annual sum man a Seattle, - - mer session. )- 7 - lT,Afn a.. A . V - , 1 . m -rrn.iv. irA..... v.vl v.l, . . unco Knuuiin oi gasoline Mr and Mrs. . MUtsn Meyers had ex-1 1. aii that nioaD,,ra r ,z pected'to be comfortably ar home Sun- day night, instead, they were enter- talned again at th-- imperial . noteu Meyers; driving; -theljfamlly. automobile, had started ; homeward auspiciously when, at Oregon, City, the machinery v.b uy regimerea. balked. Pending- repairs, the -visitors ..The Pe Ell council has passed an or a.mr. tnrr-tkA tn n'turn to" Portland for finance restricting the hour of Saturday Meer. la a Slem merchant! dan, to mldnlsht and HmlUng the the night. Meyers is a aaiem mercnanu tpea(i 0( automobilea across a score of good storiea For ex ample, an old time Salem, girl, Josie Lu- j nalllc Parrtsh, told me her father, the Rev. J. L. Parrtsh, had given the name "Chemawa" to the Indian school. Her father came to Oregon In 1840 aboard I the Lausanne and was 6ne of the "Great Reinforcement" to Jason Lee and the Methodist missionaries. She was born when her father was more than 70 years old. so if she lives---to. the aure her father did their twol lives will link, the period when the airplane will be as com mon as the canoe anil the ox team. , air. ' I asked one of the -Indian girls about her plans and received : the surprise of my life. I said."5 "I suppose some white man will come along some of these days soon ana aaopi you mto .nis tribe, and your descendents will be as nroud of their Indian blood as; President Wilson's wife Is of hers." "ThfT Indian girl smiled and said. "No. Mr. Lockley ; no white man with my consent will , marry me not as Jong as there are any Indian boys left. We are proud cf Our Indian blood. Before a girl, marriV$s she should look forward. She should not be flattered by the attenUon of a white man. She should think. I am picking a father for my children as well as ft; man to live with as a husband.' We ikre far more proud of our Indian blood 'than of our white Blood, because our people of red-blood believe' In the s'acredness of a promise. f-ln loyalty to their Kinsmen.- in paying then; debts, in- showing gratitude for favors, in being.' charitable and sharing with . those . in ; need, in never- breaking a treaty, nor vlolatlpva promise. The white blood has a different standard. The type of white man that marries an Indian woman is rarely of as high a type as the woman he marries. , She will go through fire and water, and cheerfully die for him. Will lie do as much for her? How will hie people treat hie wife? Oh. yes ; there are gdod white men who have married Indiar women,1 but how many of the other fdrfd do you flnd white; men who drikvand beat their wives, who have no rsense of honor, who take their property a)id gamble H away, who treat them and.' jtheir relatives with contempt? -.--It's a- long story, but you can see why I am'-' not eager to be 'adopted' by some white man.. My chance of happiress will be; much greater if I marry a man of my own people." .. "'. . This was but one of the several mental Jolts, I received "during the evening. I had mentioned in my, address' to the stu dents that I had met Chief Joseph while he was a prisoner of! war in Indian Ter ritory," and. that to my mind he was an able stajtesman, a wise leader, a great warrior ' and an orj' tor of ability. A bright lad said. "I was greatly touched and pleased by. what you said about Chief . Joseph, or Black Eagle, as our people called him. My Indian name is also Black Eagle, though my white name is Frank Cdrbett My grand mother, who by, the TvAy, is still, living, is a sister of Chief Joseph. She is at Kami ah. Idaho, and rould tell you many interesting things about Chief' Joseph as well as about thejr father. Chief Jo seph1 the" elder. I am studying . law in the legal department of Willamette uni versity. No, I do not; expect to practice, but I feel it my duty; to protect my peo ple from unscrupulous white men, who are ever seeking to take advantage of the trust and confidence of the Indians. They secure their land under misrepre sentation and, lacking Integrity, they de fraud them in tha competitive affairs of life." -,,-'. v-:- .:,--;: -i. :- - :.- . , , - ' . . .' - - . .- - . .- - . ''- v . - ' : -: -.-- r . ! ' -'- : i".- ' After that '1 decided not to go around feeling sorry for the'Indlan students be caupe . they had not absorbed all of the white man's civilization." I began won dering, after all. whose standards were higher, ours or theirs. . i The Oregon Country Northwest Happenings la Brief Form for tha Busy Beader. OREGON NOTES ' V . At a Sterl9l lw.flnn t TVolTaa Tun it Will bfl VntMl urhalh.. nnHno. nWlirO i shows on Sunday shall be prohibited. Pisns -for the second unit of the home economics building at Oreiron Agrlcul conege nave been nreoared. --i m.. uuiuioro, a pioneer or oane "u.i.jr. ia aeaa at the age of 7 years, etuea in the Mohawk valley In 1852 n exhibition of pure bred Holstein cayie will be a feature of the Fourth of -y ceieorauon at Marshfield. v-orvams school children are being ramea in the therapeutlo clinic at the ttBat..t . , m TT, i "- eusj ji mo i in rersuy or Urnn uill a.fuKli.v, rii U?? 'n Vicinity of Gold litll about . T " "... .omwiipii "U Most of th atarav.-Ka"m, n(nl,. V . arrived at Hood m VAr hv aiitnninhita 1rh5Je brought their camp equipment with them. Arransrements . fnr week at the University of Oregon are practically completed. Commencement day will be June 21. . Farminr oneritlnm in irm,tni mm. ty7rwill be seriously hampered if there if u lmmedlate relief from the esso nne shortage. imi. t 1 ... j..- has gone on record in favor of the erec- uun a ouuaing to be used as a com- niuuiiy center. Included in th ni. Mr k. ira..A Prk board Is the planting of flowering -v- 5 - vi 01 me soutn siope , UUL- Lnc, " establishment the bureau of "rsnizauon and, markets 1 at Oregon wrai college has assisted in the lormaiwn or 85 farmers' cooperative as- 1 vniimiiuiin. The work of mannlnr th , r -n.. (ton and- Clackamas rauntlM h,i hn I rwumea Dy me united States bureau of " Oregon Agricultural ex- Pment station. . The Pr'"""c of advertisements of po- "ticai candidates on, the mornliiB-of e ec. aJy 8 by Judge Skipworth of 1 ' to te a violation of the curruyi practices act. During last week a bad check artist - WASHINGTON Frederick E. Tutti has K..n nn.tn. postmaster at TwIsd. Wash. i The Centralla lodee of Elk la raininir I a fund of $3000 for a Fourth of July 1 celebraUon. , . j '. The Washington state grange will hold j J at Col ville. whose only I - 1 -1 n m iuiii, .. . n . n i . . . Jneers will hold their annual celebration Rochester August 12, I , .A sample of wheat standing 53 Inches I ,a sample or wheat standing 53 Inches and 'carrying fine, heavy head, is isn ana carrying rine. he being exhibited at Colfax. Aberdeen TCUca r. -.nnuin v,. financing of a $400300 hotel on the site Df the present lodge building 1 - . . . . to obtain at Walla Walla pending an increasea supply. . 1 preparatory to a special , election st j Hoqulam on the -question of an $800,000 a issue ior narpor improvements. A friendly lawsuit will be Instituted at Pullman to determine whether mu nicipal power rates set. by the public service commission shall prevail over those fixed by the municipal franchise. IDAHO The district convention of the ChrU- tlar churches has closed a two days' 1 session at Oroflno. The appointment of 11 new members of the' University of Washington fac ulty nas been announced. fercy jr. scheme, who nas been nn I and game. commissioner for Chelan coun- I ty the past 10 years, has resigned. The . Clear water highway district will j soon begin work on the road between I ."er and Pierce City, to cost about $67,000; A double shift of workmen will be put on the Snake river bridge between Bur bank and Pasco as soon as the high water goes down. . The commissioners of Whitman coun ty have let a contract for macadamiz ing the highway between Clarfield and 1 Oakesd ale at an estimated cost of $73, I v' I The Installation of a tablet cotnmemo- 1 rating the memory of Albert Heaney,-a 1 pioneer citizen 01 ruiiman at the en trance to the city park is planned by the Pullman Chamber o Commerce. A campaign to have sewer systems and septic tanks with water system and complete sanitary equipment ettab-lished-on Latah couhty farms is to be inaugurated by the University of Idaho. Uncle Jeff Snow Says: It's alius dead easy to be religious and not go on.no picnics of a Sunday, and be patriotic and not waste gasoline in Sunday sightseeing and be economical and stay at. home when it rains. Lots of us is thataway. Oregon's Tourist Income But a Trifle to What Other v Regions Make of It . " . Speaking of Industries, conventions and tourists, Portland Is on tiptoe with preparation to entertain 100,0(10 people for a week. Switzerland en tertains as many daily during the summer . season ; a population of ,000,000 is supported chiefly by tour ist dollars, and Switzerland - is one of the richest countries per capita In the world. - Switzerland would oc cupy the area between the Wil lamette and the Deschutes and the Columbia river and Crescent lake. - Bankers In Parts estimated that tourists before the war left -as much as $800,000,000 a year in France. This Is In excess of ,$100,000,000 a year more than the sum of the great staple products of Oregon .In 1919: Lumber, $75,000,000; livestock, $103. 826,000; grain and hay, $105,510,000; dairy products, $38,190,000 ; frult, $44,560,900; vegetables. $49,755,000; 'total, $4I$,84i,800. ' Maine and Colorado receive from tourists in a year $50.)00.000 each, or two-thirds of the total value of Ore gon's lumber production, Swampy FloYida, with Its wonderful beach re sorts, gets $200,000,000 a year from tourists, or nearly as much as Ore gon receives from the total produc tion of grain and livestock. South ern California receives from tourists $300,000,000 a - year, or about $118, 000,000 less than the total of. Oregon's staple agricultural production. Great Britain has long anticipated a favorable trade balance with the United States from June t October largely because of American, tourist dorters spent on John- Bull's -island. Oregon's tourist business is esti mated annually at $5,000,000.- . These figures, when presented j by 'AlTred Aya before' a Chamber of Commerce audience Monday, Jeft everyone won dering how many liunrlrwln uf mil lions Oregon's tourist business might be If Wis only capturid our untQuakd opportunities. - . . . :-. 4