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' PLAYING THE CAME
WILL the power of the. Old Guard
never be broken?"
There was assurance of it In the
first days at Chicago. Newspaper cor-
respondents predicted It. Even the
early voting seemed to presage It. The
illness" of Penrose, the .master strate
I gist, seemed to . auger It. Everybody
i thought Old G uardism doomed. i
But : why f Vbat new thing was
? there to indicate ' that the shrewdest.
most astute ana most sinister power
in American, political life had van
i ished? .
There is more for Old Guard ism to
1 do now through government than at
t any time in a generation. The coun-
2 try Is richer and there is more plun-,
der to get through' favors of govern
i mnj. ' Money and credit, are. now
ruled by the government instead of by
Wallt street ' bankers, '.jjw '.formerly:
Loans are now made to farmers
through government institutions on
i long: time and low rates'. It "used to
be done ' by rich private lending in
I terests on short - time at big' interest
Land velvety profits. There is a trade
commission that nosed intcnd ex
posed the profits and jnethods of;the
-big five packers. These and many
like th rags were averted by the Old
"Guard for a generation. A Can anybody
think for one minute that the. power
that postponed ' them for 40 years is
not planning now to throw them, into
. the scrap heap ? -.
Remembering' these gainful privi
leges , once enjoyed and now denied
the wards and pets of .the Old Guard,
can anybody, imagine that the -Old
Guard , is of, the supine : stuff not to
.. demand a return of these profitable
7 things? ! Has the Old Guard, become
the Good Samaritan, the philanthro
pist, a sort of , Red Cross, of peace in
our national life? '
VTi,y expect the master influence. of
politics to' be dead and buried when
the enly'great Republican leader who
smote Jt and smashed It Is lying at
rest over the ' Divide? There is no
w : longer 'a Roosevelt for It -to- fear. He
- was the one conspicuous party leader
that it could not control. La Follette
T; In his-slckness became its .prey. " But
-.Roosevelt, when it beat him . in " the
.f-conventiori in 1912, bolted and beat It
' in the election. Now he is out of the
way. v : .' -,
Old Guard's strategy is the master
! strategy. ; It never tells anybody how
It plays the- game. Its mandarins and
.' generalissimos . and pastmasters have
no iConfid'ants. By word of mouia
r they have handed down their secrets
, from generation to generation.! Pen-
rose and Knox and Lodge: and Hard
ing and Murray Crane will in time
show the promising young men of
the elan the ways of the Inner circle.
Only in the most secret way will, the
. power of h ow governments are con-
trolled, presidents- nominated .and
i elected, and public policy manipulated
i be communicated to those who are lo
come o'.-1'-!;'.
) If 4he f walls of roomV in-some lof
1 the luxurious hotels at Chicago could
Z only talk t No uJJa board was eon-
suited' there' for guidance.". Intellect
i and . consummate . : psychology 4 ruled
? there. Nqbody knows the nighty
I forces, the strategic combinations and
! the dizzy deals planned in those secret
rooms. Nobody "knows iwhat paets
were entered into when the Old Guard
I bargained off the League of Nations
plank to J3orah and Hiram Johnson..
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There " was a mighty consideration
there, the nature of which even time
itself may never reveal. , - ; - f
. And all the time - that the newspa
per correspondents i- were Innocently
and trustfully declaring that the Old
Guard was not at Chicago, the Old
Guard was at Chicago with the doors
barred and blinds drawn, playing the
biggest. game of -strategy the political
life of this nation' has ever seen, for
the prize is richer and thebooty big
ger than Old G uardism ever had a
chance at before.
Two teachers talked as they dined
in a Portland : eating, place, On
said there are but two newspapers In
America ia which the attitude of the
paper Is not Influenced by the busi
ness office. ' She identified them as
two? newspapers' on the . Atlantic
coast. She Is sot fit to be a teacher.
Her statement Is false. -"' , '
A PORT OPPORTUNTTT
"T"HI3 "Port of Portland commission
i has a clear doty. It ought to
deepen 'North Portland harbor. It
ought to have made the improvement
during the . three years which-have
elapsed 'since .North' Portland, harbor
was made part of the Port of Portland
district. V j f-l ' ' ;v;' -J1 'Ly-'
Thirty-one industries in North Port
land have business transactions .ag
gregating 1l25flCXlJD00 a year. By. their
own testimony before the port com
mission last Thursday, these Indus-
tries could add 1350 employes to the
2900 now employed were North Port
land; harbor provided with water suf
ficiently deep for ships! ..They could
add $30,000,000 or $40,000,000 a year to
their business were the turnover of
the Industries to expand proportion
ately to the increase In the number of
workers. f; ' - - v
- The Aladdin i company, which , em
ploys 275 to 300 men, could enter the
export business, and likewise send two
to three cargoes of ready-cut house
material to its Eastern plants after the
deepening of North Portland harbor.
The , Monarch - Lumber company
with deep sea transportation facilities
could employ 600 or more men where
it now employs 115 to. 200.. '( :
The .? Portland Box company : with
deep water could double the number
of its employes; it now has 270 to 280
at work. : 'h:.,' : i "
The Swift packing interests would
be facilitated in their vegetable "oil
business and be enabled to increase
meat exportation If ships could reach
their North Portland plant...
The Portland Pulled Wool company
could import Australian pelt and add
to its output if ships could be sent
into North Portland harbor. ' .
The Sterrett' Packing 'company can
employ 300 or more people in its new
plant if deep water is provided. " 4
The West Coast Box A Lumber com
pany, which now has a payroll of 45
men,"-could 'gtve employment to 125
workers and become a factor In export
trade if North Portland liarbor.were
deep enough for ships.; 7 - r ; ,
The Coast Culvert A Flume company
could also enter export' trade and em
ploy 125 men where it now gives work
to 75 if the North Portland harbor im
provement were made. - .
These are but a few instances which
illustrate the industrial expansion de
pendent upon the deepening of North
Portland harbor. ' ' . ,
The 'Aladdin company's president
testified before ;the port commission
that he authorized the location of the
company's Western plant in Portland
on North Portland harbor when he
was given to ' understand that suffi
cient depth for ships had already been
provided. The explanation of the mis
understanding was that with him .had
beett filed a copy of a letter written
by the Port of ; Portland commission
in 1917 announcing that it would main
tain a 25-foot . channel in North PorV
land. ;:3 ; i.j -C -v" "
Why' has the port commission not
kept its promise ? f Why have three
years elapsed with no step taken to
deepen JNorth? Portland harbor?
The port commission, has a traffic
manager employed, to represent the
city in Its. campaign for export trade.
How did it happen that the traffic
manager overlooked the export needs
of industries In North Portland which
now" have business transactions ag
gregating $125,000,000 a year ?
The removal of two or three
"hunTps" and ' the construction of a
few wing dams will provide ' North
Portland harbor with an adequate
channel, i The I cost proportionately
will not be i large. Results can be
quickly ; obtained. 5 These J facts are
obvious. It will be better for the
community and for the commission to
proceed; aggressively and practically
than to subject the industrial expan
sion of North Portland to further
handicap, and to delay the export busi
ness, developing there. The North'
Portland harbor is a part of the Port
land harbor, j The industries of North
Portland are; part, of ; Portland. .Port
land's future depends upon Industries
and commerce. ; Industrial; expansion
is inevitably to the northward. The
day will come when tremendous In
dustry tying together rail and water
transportation, will center at North
Portland, and " that without Joss to
channel or industry of the - Willamette.
Portland's - prosperity will be aided
by every measure which will speed
such, a day.:, r
A gift by.the class to the Institu
tion was an .Incident In the graduat
ing -exercises at James . John high
school. Portland;' The gift1 was In
two parts a handsome rug for use
lathe building and $160 tax cashUto go
Into a fund by which needy students
can be helped through schooL There
i "usual promise In a claaa th.t
leaves an institution with thoughts
of what they may do to aid others.
There are a great many people In
America, who ' can. : learn aomethlng
from the spirit of the 40 members
of the James John high school class
of June, 1920. -jk r
. BT. THE GOLDEN RULE
A MESSENGER boy entered a Port
land ; sweet , shop;, recently and
perched himself on a high stool at
the ; counter.; He was a bright-eyed,
lovable-faced youngster, well kept and
SOft-VOiced. ; y- .'; f t J; jr-
He liked sweets. It was the noon
hour; and he looked forward to a
luncheon of Ice cream and - milk
shakes. He bore evidence of.; hard
work, but all his cares were removed
as he anticipated the following - few
minutes and what they were to mean
to him. " '
With beaming, countenance and In
words of unmistakable gladness' he
Inquired as to- the price of a certain
sundae. He was told .it was 30 cents,
f I'll take ouei he sighed. And
down went a hand into a pocket- It
brought up exactly 30? cents. : He laid
it on the counter and entered upon
what appeared to be one of the hap
piest -moments of a messenger boy's
life. " The "cream devoured to the last
drop, he eased ' back ' with ' supreme
satisfaction and, wfstfulTy looked
about again Now , It was "a milk
shake he cherished. He asked; the
prlee,land f was informed; it :, w's ; 20
cents.; This time the! hand shot into
the little pocket first, but It returned
withSexactly 20 cents.
Til take one, lie Smiled. and the
shake was delivered. -
A business man was having lunch
eon next to the messenger boy. ' His
eyes kindled' as he watched the scene.
His heartstrings had been touched.
He turned to. pay for his meal.- He
whispered to ' the ' attendant x to take
the cost of bolh meals the shake' and
ice cream, and his own from his bllL
The '50 cents was pushed back' to the
little messenger. 4 -A
rosy tint Sprang into the cheeks,
and for a moment l the youngster's
tongue could not move. After a des
perate effort he finally gasped, "Thank
you, mister," and to the attendant he
vouchsafed that "It don't come, : that
way often.' He gleamed on his friend
as the business man left the ' estab
lishment. ; ' - : r: - .' '
For the remainder of that day the
little, messenger was; happy. One of
the bright spots in his life had broken
through a rift. He had met a man
of pure gold, j The sun cast its bril
liant rays to all corners of his world.
It was with light heart that he en
tered on his. afternoon duties. ,: A
child's love had been -awakened.
..The business .man went to work
much as the messenger boy. He was
proud of himself, glad that he had
thrown a -bit of sunshine into a young
life. He probably whistled a little as
he entered his office, he entered his
work with a new vigor, and his out
look on the word, just' as the 'mes-t
senger boy a, was one of sunshine and
friendliness. The attendant, too. was
noticeably impressed by the ceremony.
; In the midst of a busy day, while
a world, disfigured with scars of strife
and hate, sped on, severaMives "were
touched by one small act of. kindness.
The spirit of the act was reflected In
their every-move, during that day and
other days, and a seed was planted,
a seed from ; which if universally
sown, would spring ; a flower that
would rise and rise; and rise, and In
full bloom would exude a ; fragrance
to transform a war-worn and strife
glutted world into a universe of free
dom! charity and love.
The Journal , never believed that
there was legislative power in Ore
gon to pass' an act Impairing ; the
obligations of a contract, and it does
not believe It now. j But the Oregon
supreme court decided that the con
tract for a 5-cent, fare 'in Portland
was set aside by the law creating the
public service i commission How
that decision was made under the
Oregon -constitution and under the
federal constitution, ; no layman can
understand. But It was done in the
-cent fare case, and now we. hare
an - 8 -cent fare. If a contract Is
voidable in the case of the 5-cent
fare, what contract, may not be void
able under, the sazae process? . :
THE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE
HE HAS his moment alone on the
trodden summit of first achieve
ment. !At his back, the building which
has forever closed, its doors -upon him
as, a student and will receive himif
ever In the future, as a visitor merelyi
Before him a. valley of enticing ver-
dure, and apparent: frultfulness and,
through It, the river of life flowing.
, The month of June sends him" out
quieted for a moment with, a pang of
regret .that four years of play and
friendships and study are past. But,
likewise, with a thrill of new found
liberty and a. flash of consciousness
of the human opportunity : to elect a
course-governed not by blind fate but
by youth's, eager, ambition. . ; 5I ; I
There may be greater moments In
the life of a man but hone more de
terminative of what the future Is to
hold. On the basis of the training
he has received he may ! choose,
whether or not he; realizes that such
is his choice, the middle stations of a
career. Or he may use, his first di-;
ploma as a 'stepping stone to further
training which will prepare him both
broadly and specifically for large suc
cess. Any youth! may 'attain I the
heights without university education.
Just as Howells without a ; college
course ;became one of the foremost
figures in the literature of America,
but . he has placed upon himself a
double burden of . self instruction
Every high school graduate who has
the opportunity owes it to the devei
opment of his own powers to go on
until fundamental subjects have been
mastered. Time thus spent Is not
wasted .but. invested Sip, : Z:j ..
4; Custonjarily, emergence from insti
tutions of education presents a gradu
ate serenely confident that the little
which; remains to be learned may be
attacked at odd times and i to a pat
ronizing spirit. ; This Is a manner , of
the spirit which is neither to be con
doned nor condemned. Time and hard
knocks will cure It. ,
But there are certain old fashioned
words which if one drains then eon-
tent into his own life, will provide a
quality of character equal. to any .test
or demand. Some of these words ue
truth, honor,1 persistence, energy, sys
tem, thrift, self control, modest in
dependence of mind and a measure to
take, himself ;. too , seriously. ; He 'r is
never more important than- hii work:
We may, ' and do, groan under
mounting taxes. But . there Isn't
room in the buildings for the
school children of Portland.' We are
trying to supply the deficiency ; by
wasting money on temporary struc
tures that will soon go Into the dis
card, because unfit. - "If Portland
will not supply class, rooms for her
school children, what? How, In rea
son, can the three mill tax be voted
against next Saturday? '
THE CHICAGO NOMINEE
Q ENATOR HARDING will be accep-
J table to orthodox Republicans.
He will be a standard hearer around
whom most of them wfU rally.
How much of an appeal he will be
to Independents 'and to those Republi
cans who wanted a man of known
greatness, remains to be seen. " The
senator has never been identified with
large affairs." His life work has been
the publication of a newspaper at Ma
rion, a small city in Ohio. In 1900
he was elected and served four years
in the Ohio state senate, and was lieu
tenant governor from 1904 to 1906, He
was defeated for governor of Ohio In
1910, and elected United States senator
in 1915 for a ter mof six years. ;
It has not been an experience com
parable to that of a Hughes, or ja.
Hooyef , or even of Hiram Johnson. In
comparison ; with ; a - Roosevelt " or a
Taft or a McKinley, a question that
will instantly flash into the minds of
men accustomed to contemplate the
presidency as a great office, will be
whether the senator is of presidential
size.: ;:' ;:; -.-'V. V - -.;;: -'-;:.: ;.. :".
In the lata, presidential primaries.
Senator Harding failed to secure all
the delegates in his own state, a fact
that awakens some surprise at his
selection by the convention.' As a fa
vorite son of Ohio, ; many supposed
him eliminated as a presidential pos
sibility when he was unable to go to
the convention with a solid uelegation
from his own state behind him. , 4
r The campaign will, however, be Sen
ator Harding's testmg gromrd. Great
events and great times not infrequent
ly bring out mighty qualities In men
from whom little' was expected.
: The " Wood me re Community club
appealed to car riders to pass the
measure eliminating free ; tides on
Street cars for city employes, street
paving along the car tracks and
other charges which car riders have
to pay - toward city government
through their. street car fares. It
was an honest appeal,' after investi
gation, by ; honest people. But the
plan was rejected, and now there la
to be an 8 cent fare. " ' -
IN THE FAR EAST
MONEY and men are flowing Orl
entward, k A m e r ic a n dollars,
French . francs, British pounds and
Japanese yen are to find a common
denominator in the railroad "and in
dustrial development of China."
There" is to be no war with Japan.
A . period of peaceful relation of the
Far East is to find honor and safety
in a severance from politics, develop
ment and effort primarily' in be
half of China and a growing democ
racy in Japan. ' ' '
The two messages come, one from
Thomas W. Lamont of the J. P. Mor
gan financial house ; the other from
Frank E. Vanderlip of New York bank
ing famel Both have just returned
from th e Orien t.' Japan h ad been
withholding membership in the "con
sortium" to . which America, Great
Britain and France had subscribed.
because ihe'Japanese government fore-
bade" financial operations V- in Man
churia and Mongolia. " Now it appears
that air the ; difficulty has: been
straightened out, American invest
ment, along with that of other pow
ers, can go hand in hand with Ameri
can industry and commerce into
China. t. -
Mr. Vanderlip says he found in
Japan an increasing strength of de
mocracy, and an entire unwillingness
to, hold against America those griev
ances that provoke strife and ,.a desire
to cooperate in the development of
Oriental ' trade. . - . .
Both reports are auspicious! ' May
the financial powers of all the coun
tries go into. China on a square deal
basisMay the time soon arrive; when
American ; " Incorporations ;j will have
equal , chance with, their alert com
petitors in China. - Business develop
ment along honorable linea-'in the Ori
ent will, realize the: expectations 'oft a
great Pacific .coast commerce. -
TV-
; waste;;
MONEY spent on advertising tn en
larged ""special editions' of news
papers is a waste, according to Ben
Selling, who, f as ' a V member 'of the
public dock -commission, opposed the
expenditure ; of public funds by the
commission in buying, advertising
space In 1 a so-called "Rose FesUvjaT
edition in Tt. local paper ;: 7 '
The Journal Is in entire accord wkh
Mr. Selling. It has more than ont-e
pointed out the wasteful practice Of
;tice Of
vent It
S,i bUS-
capitalizing some season ot ev
the: expense of banking houses
ness Institutions and utilities. Andffe
so . declaring 'itself. The Journal1 i
mindful that In Us earlier career -i Aj
too, offended la this regard.
Advertising is the newspaper's mer
chandise. The cost of space to the
advertiser should be chargeable as an
investment rather than as an expen
diture. 1 i- "-'
The purchaser of spaee in volumi
nous special ' editions does not get
value -received. His business judg
ment warns him- tgainst the Impor
tunities of the special - edition sales
man and when he yields his name to
the dotted line it is not In confirma
tion of an Investment but in a reluc
tant . spirit of "helping along the
cause."
Mr. Selling's attitude is further com
mendable in that it is the public's
money which he refused to squanders
HOPELESSNESS
AND NEGATION
Lodge's Keynote Relegates America
. to the Status Quo . Ante Bellum
, and a Career - of -Armament.
. 'From the Pendleton East Oresoaiaa
- In his keynote speech yesterday Sen
ator Lodge said not one good word for
the League of Nations. He uttered no
syllable expressing hop of peace through
the machinery established by the treaty
of : versaines to which all other allied
powers have assented. He had nothing
but words of denunciation for the league
and. those concerned therewith. ' All this
despite 'the fact 'that America's chief
war aim was to assist in forming- a
world league to enforce peace and de
fend civilization without the necessity of
adding to the colossal armaments now
in vogue. w- . ..
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-On January S. 1918, President Wilson.
before both houses of concresa, officially
announced the view that America held
as one of its war purposes the forma
tion of a "league to enforce peace. His
address was warmly applauded and not
a man Republican or Democrat raised
objection. Not a word of protest was
made in congress-'unUl eight months
later when the war had been virtually
won.' ' '-.
By his action, shown by a record that
cannot be questioned. Senator Lodge is
guilty of. trying to repudiate America's
greatest war aim. : He is guilty of wishing-
to . break, the ' promise this nation
made to its soldiers and to the world. In
lieu of the League of Nations Lodge
would set up the status quo ante. He
would leave us where we were before the
war. : This is his position absolutely
when stripped of camouflage.
t The United States has the privilege of
accepting the Lodge leadership if it
wishes. - But there should be no misun
derstanding tas to. what such a course
will Involve. It means America puts
Its- trust tn the sword and f not in exer
cising our leadership in a group of na
tions pledged to preserve peace and to
respect and defend the independence and
territorial Integrity of member nations
against an external aggressor.' If we
take: Lodge's judgment . we must pre
pare for mounting: military costs. " The
present congress has appropriated $820,-
000,000 s for the , army and navy , for one
year an . amount In excess of the-ordinary
federal outlay before the war with
Germany. We are paying approximately
SI. OOO.OOO, 0OO a year in interest on the war
debt. If we take the policy of .isola
tion we must in common sense greatly
increase oar appropriations : for war
preparations. ; The amount voted by con
gress ' this year will -merely enable the
army and navy .to exist.' No great im
provement -f is provided for - and there
must be vast improvement if we are to
put -our faith in the bayonet. Let the
taxpayer take note. -
.. - - e e
Mr. Lodge is neither consistent nor
logical as to foreign affairs.. He scorns
to aid .bleeding and helpless Armenia
though we have been asked by the world
and by Armenia to, take the mandate.
But he would go into Mexico uninvited
and unwanted to do the bidding of oil
kings and mining magnates. .He ex
ploits the fact that some Americana
have been killed in Mexico. ; He did not
say that 100,000 Americans died in
France and that with a League of Na
tions In' 1914 there -would have been no
war.
Letters From the People
' YComaranicauoas sent to The " Jaamal for
publication tn tola aeparuneat annua Be written
on only one aide -of the parper. ahonid not exceed
SOS -words in- lengta and nraat be aicned by the
writer, wbeae nail . addteaa ia faU most, accofn-
IMPRISONMENT FOR ! DEBT?-' -'
Portland. ' Jane- 6. To the Editor of
The .Journal At the annual gathering
of credit men the desire, to nave those
who do not-pay debts sent to jaU was
expressed. That seems a reversion- to
the practices of the middle 'ages. As to
bad debts.' many believe they are due
to bad salesmanship and to greedy dis
positions. Why should society be called
Opon to insure business profits?' It to
doubtful policy to encourage the hope
of : collecting debts ' by such process.
Moreover, is not provision made by
creditors ia . anticipation - of possible
losses?
7 Nearly 0 years ago I heard a dis
cussion by business - associates as to
what should be added to articles offered
for sale, by a newly organised firm, to
make it a success. . I recall adch items
as rent, light, heat, transportation,
salesmen, porters, bookkeepers, etc.;
also a certain percentage to meet all
incidentals Including bad debts. , I have
always understood this to be a general
practice, thus forcing all customers,
whether cash or credit, to be contributors
to a fond, to meet ' these. I am a little
out of touch' with business circles, but
try to keep informed, and I have not
yet learned that the business world has
abandoned this old-tima provision. If
it has not. then why should drastic
measures for' collection be eoaght? - r
To meet debt delinquency, have sales
men more alert for good, safe buyers
and not those - who will buy all. they
are permitted, whether they can pay
or not .. . John Williams.
TEST ' O"" THE "WOOL" 'GARMENT
Gresham, June tTo, the Editor of
The Journal I note the plea of the
sheepmen for a strict branding of virgin
wool and shoddy. I am not a sheepman,
but a woodsplltter, but the sheepman
hasn't got near as much kick coming
as 1 have. I go into Portland to buy a
nit of winter underwear. I go into -a
store. - They threw down some goods.
"Here Is so and so all wool, or wool
and worsted gruaranteed. the salesman
says. X am fax a hurry and dont ex
amine very closely and it would take
an expert to ten the difference. But
when I'get home and wear It: W the
woods a while, I find It la cotton. The
sheepman has got a boiler, but the con
sumer has got a greater kick coming. :
... Jack Estes.'
THE ONE
By Theodosia
VITE who in the old days the easy days of pleasuring
- . Loitered in the distant lands we know the thrill . that came
i When in far, foreign places, above the stranger faces,' . '
The sight of it, the might of It, would wake us like a flame.
1 ."- Our own flag, the one flag, it stirred our blood to claim. -'-.tf--'"."-?-'"-;:"
'-;"'-:;:.,- ',:.t ; ; -; .''--.:"" y '-; - t-,"- -
i We who In these days these days of all confusion -
. Look upon it with the eyes of one long blind who sees,
. We know at last its beauty its magnitude of duty
Dear Godl if thus it seems to us, what win it mean to these
Who stay for it, who pray for it. our kindred overseas?
: Tf.. t.- I...'l' La ,:...' 11 ' .. ., . m "
iut wuu j.c me rca aays tne wnue nignis 01 iuy i
Where death like som mad reaper hacks down the living gral
! They shall see our flag arise like glory in the skies--
, j , r The stars of It, the bars' of It, that prove it once again .
7 The new flag, the true flag, that does not come In vain I
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
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Riyidom Observations About Town
While tourists stand about hotel lob
bies and growl about the fact that they
cannot make reservations for rooms
during the Shrine convention, the first
activities of the Shrine ceremonial and
its ; attendant celebrations are 1 under
way, The women of the White Shrine
are to meet In Portland early in the
week and get their wprk out of the way
before their husbands descend, upon the
city.' All applications for rooms during
the holiday week are unavailing as far
as hotel desk men are concerned. - All
they can do Is to refer questions to -the
Shrine housing committee. But people
intent upon remaining- in Portland for
the Week; of the convention win find
food and shelter, undoubtedly, although
they, cannot be assured a downy couch
in a room with a bath in the. city's
largest hotel. .
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Here to attendt he doings of the White
Shrine are Dr. and Mra Marie Hay ter
of Dallas, where the doctor divides his
time between prune growing and den
tistry. Doc is already shining up his
tackle for . a jaunt into the wild wood
later In the summer. It is reported that
he' works all winter at dentistry lo
amass a fortune to cultivate prunes and
then more prunes, and spends most cf
the summer, fishing and touring, that
he may be prepared to harvest the prune
crop. . Apparently the prunes furnish the
velvet for the exchequer. s The Hayters
are at the Cornelius, where they can die
cuss lodge affairs with Manager
Fletcher. . -
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Speaking of Dallas and its people. Mrs.
Conrad Stafrin and Mrs. Oscar Hayter
are . at the Portland hotel, while - the
other leading members of the household
stay at home and attend to business.
Stafrin, formerly- adjutant general of
the Oregon National Guard, is the cor
ner "druggist at Dallas.- arid Hay ter.
long identified with the board of stare
bar (the bar of justice) examining
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
. . By Fred Lockley ..
. (The xteaponvaeona remarks of a youth ha
ehancoi to most in his joameriiica, Mr. Loekley
neorda today. Theaa remarks are each as
ntoat m will recall, with auate eonnuaon. aa
baaine- bean aaades by tnenueiae wnea . they
were rery oaw aad eery wjael r: . .
Solomon, I believe it was, who sagely
remarked that "the way of a man with
a maid" is past finding out' "A boy's
wUl is the wind's will, and the thoughts
Of youth are long, long thoughts;' says
someone" else. All . of which wUl serve
as an Introduction to a young man I
met on the boat the other night We
came from the City of. Roses to .the sea
by boat "I am hoping they don't as
sign stateroom 13 : to me," " he said
anxiously, and then he added, "Not
that I am at all superstitious, but I
jest . naturally don't" like that number
any more than I like to start any
thing on Friday. Friday seems so late
in the week to start anything, don't
you think?"- ' ;
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i Having to do some writing 1 went to
my stateroom, leaving -my ' neaj-found
friend on decki - Next morning bright
and early I met him again. ' Reaching
into his upper vest pocket he drew, xortn
a cigar-and said, "Have a cigar. You
win find these cuite good. I can rec
ommend themV I thanked him and
said. "That's mighty kind of you, but
I don't smoke. I .never could get in
terested in smoking.- He said. To tell
you , the truth, someone gave me two
cigars and I wanted to get rid of this
one. I tried to smoke the mate of it
last night, but I couldn't quite make It
As a matter of .fact I Tever bought a
cigar or a cigarette in roy life, but
smoking a cigar makes one look quite
experienced, don't you think?
.. ' e e e f ,-- ,? "
'' "How old would you "say I was?" I
sized him up critically. H was a good
looking - lad with- a frank and eager
face, and I could see he bad the making-
of a fine, likable man. i sato, -you are
t feet high, and weigh. I should think,
about 160 pounds, and you are probably
about 2Q years old." - "Most people take
me for at least 22." he said. "I sup
pose it ia because I am tall and have an
experienced and traveled air. ReaUy,
though, I am only 17.; You see, I have
bees round 'quite a bit 1 have been
clear up to Spokane antVhave traveled
through Oregon, Idaho nd Washing
ton. This city of Astoria is quite some
city.- Of course, I have seen much big
ger and more important cities, but I was
quite favorably Impressed with this
little burg. I got np at 4:J0 this morn
ing, thinking we might pass an ocean
ship. It just so happens I have. never
seen the ocean yet though I suppose it
is a good deal like Lake Coeur d'Alene,
only. larger. . .::; -':.-;;"...' '.;"--, .!'
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' "What, may I askC are those curious
birds that seem so restless - and ? with
out poise? Really? Are they seagulls?
Are you quite sure you are right? They
are flapping their wings. I read up on
gulls recently and the article stated that
they soar after the manner of buzzards,
en the principle of an airplane.; Still,
you may be right I dare say you are.
Yes,. I have studied up on the flight of
birds and on the airplane.
i rDl'd you ever happen to study the
theory of combustion of an automobile?
I have made a rather exhaustive study
Of the subject You see. I drivea'Ford
and have gone into the theory and me
chanics of It thoroughly. Yes, I rather
fancy my suit . It is dressy without be
In'z Ostentatious. X paid 135 for It You
don't think it extreme, do you? It makes
me look older than,, my last suit In
some ways that ia a disadvantage for
when you get 21 -or 22 the fair sex be
come :,lnterested in you. and of course
you don't like to be rude. .
"4- . e -i e e v -
' ?"I have :'a letter here from a young
lady that Z happened to take to a movie
show one night; I didn't tell her I was
only 17. a She says in her letter she
would like me to write, and she says
she is mad at me because I didn't kiss
her goodnight Yon don't think that
would be good form, do you? . You .see.
FLAG
Garrison
board. Is one of the Willamette vaUeys
leading attorneya
Charles G. Miller and Fred E. Miller,
hosts at the Government Mineral Springs
hotel at Carson, Wash., are .guest at
the Multnomah hotel, where they are
loudly singing . the praises of their
Charles A. Johns, who. claims Portland
as his all-season residence, but who
spends most of his time at Salem as an
associate justice of the" state supreme
court. Is at the Hotel Oregon for the
week-end.. ; ... . ,,-
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E. B. Marshall, Pendleton banker, and
E. D. Marshall. Los Angeles commer
cial traveler, are registered at the Den
-son hotel, where. It-has been discovered.
their only point .of likeness is in initials.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. B. CoUie and Mr.
and Mrs. J. D. Guttery are among the
many folks- from the Hood Kiver valley
who are .In "Portland for the week-end.
They are registered . at the Imperial
hotel, where Mr. and Mrs. C H. Cast
ner of Hood River also are stopping dur
ing a brief visit, v : i. 1
Charles N. Burget. coroner of Wasco
Lunty, ia a guest at the Multnomah
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M. A. Rickard, Corvallis automobile
dealer, and . prominent sportsman, ac
companied by , S. APPleman of the
Benton county seat, is at the Hotel
Oregon. . -
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- Mr. and Mra. E. L. Blaine and daugh
ter, residents of Spokane. Wash., are
stopping at the. Cornelius hotel while in
Portland to spend a, few days.
, r ': :- e. .; . .. -y.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Butler of Jdinne
apolis. Minn., are tourist guests at the
Multnomah hotel. Butler is manager
of the Klectrio Klevator company in his
home city.'- - .. i
I hardly knew her. Women are very
interesting, don't you think, but dread,
fully uncertain and queer. - I don't want
the fair sex to become real! v Interested
in me yetnThe way -this girl writes
about .being mad about, me not kissing
ner goodnight makes me wonder if she
isn't rather used to being' kissed. - One
good thing, she doesn't wear, her hair
pulled down over her ears, nor wear it
frizzy. Don't you think that quit ud
forgivable? , Another thing, she isn't fat
andTdumpy. I never could forgive her
for that I am so tall we would look
like Mutt and Jeff if she were short-
end plump. Another good thing, she is
dark and I am blonde. I understand
the children of people who are the oppo
sites In complexion are more apt to be
healthy. . I have been studying up on
prenatal traits and on heredity quite a
lot lately. I don't know whether I shall
answer her letter or not What would
you do? .. -
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Two dishes of prunes and some toast
and coffee on the boat cost me 70 cents.
Isn't' the high cost of living a serious
problem? : I have been studying it a
good deal. Fortunately my father has
A store, so I got these shoes at cost
13.50, He gets 112 for them, so von sea
;i saved quite a little. I put what I
saved on my shoes with some other sav
ings and bought this wrist watch. It
cost, me 920. That seems high, yet It
pays to have the best It gives one an
air ot aisuncuon, dorrx you think?
at. ' aa , . js, . - . ' -
' "In my business experience I have
found that a pleasant manner and a
good appearance count for a good deal,
yes, I have had considerable business
experience in the ' past , few yeara I
worked in a, condenser putting up con.
denned, milk," you know then in a saw
mill and in a garage, sLnd showing puesta
to their rooms in a hotel not a bellhop;
a sort of helper for the manager. I
worked In a drug store for a while. I
think I shall be a salesman. I way
take up the selling of automobiles.. Any
body can sell autos. .It really requires
very little inteuigence. They want to
buy, or they wouldn't come around, and
aU you have to show them is that y.our
car is superior to the . other ones they
are thinking of buying. I may take up
something more difficult as -I believe
it forms character to do the more diffi
cult things, don't you?
. a ,. - a
' " Tsn't It strange how a man's Ideals
change? When I was young I, hoped
some day to be able to drive a laundry
wagon. Of course I hadn't seen much of
the world at that time. .
..... . ... . ' I
"I may not write to that girl, after ail,
for I believe it is a mistake for a man
to settle down till he has seen the world,
and getting married seams to make most
men lose their joy ia life and not want
to have adventures. I I want to travel
and have lots of adventure. First I In
tend to get a college education as a good
foundation for my success in life, for
I believe on tha ,tiiM r,t id
eation, (particularly : when one expects
uu uiia wru in Business ana make a
good deal of money. Of course, on- the
others hand, college training seems to
make lots of boys sissies, so yoa wonder
if they don't wear tatUng on their' B.
V. D.'e. - - ' . . .. -
a' e e
"Speaking of that4 I hope you disap
prove as much, as I do of the modern
woman. They seem , perfectly shame
less. I can't think what this age Is com
ing to If they go on raising their skirts
higher and lowering the upper part of
their dresses. Some girls, and they
seem like quite respectable girls, wear
their dresses way above their shoetops.
And their party dresses well. I don't
care to describe them. -1 hope they win
come to their senses. Fortunately, the
young Jady that wrote me this letter
dresae "properly. I wonder If I should
have kissed her goodnight What would
you have done?" "
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Tea. a bnv's will . im thm wlnii', will
and the thoughts of youth are long!
long uiougnta.
The Oregron Country
Northwest Uapprainfa In Brief Kom for the
" Boar Header.
OREGON NOTES
Receipts from motor vehicle licenses
dyr'n May totaled $ 8.69 at the office
of tha secretary of state.
t ,Th,li'ourth of July celebration at Taft
Lincoln county, will be under the aus
pices of the Taft graege.
The address to the graduating class of
Mount Angel college was delivered by
Fifty gallons of gasoline was stolete
from the tractor of O. W. Morrison at
Pendleton. A siphon was used..
' Emmett Barr of Long Creek, Grant
county, is dead as the result ot spotted
lever originating from the bite of a tick.
An Initiative petition abolishing cigar-
ettea has been filed with the secretary of
state to be put on the ballot In Novem
ber. P. J. Carney, who was defeated In the
Republican primary for Justice of Ilia
peace at Astoria, has filed notice ot a
contest
Grasshoppers are devastating tha
grain fields near Cove in Union county.
Last Sunday 20 acres on the L. B. Car
ter ranch was cleaned up.
Owing to the high cost of labor and
materials at 'Baker the city coinmttteion
la considering the advisability ot post
poning municipal improvements.
In the vicinity ; of Dallas are more
than 4191 - acres of prunes In bearing
and approximately 4000 acres coming
into bearing within the next few yeara
Legal proceedings having been con
firmed, the recently organised Hummer
Lake Irrigation district has applied for
authority to issue. bonds to the amount
of $200,000.
W. R, Rutherford, superintendent of
Eugene public schools, has resigned to
accept the position of asHlstant director
of the educational activities of tha Unit
ed States navy.
Blaming the railroada for car shortage
the Hood River Fruit company estimates
that the rail lines now require from
eight to 12 days longer in getting-refrigerator
cars across thef country.
The public service , commission has
Issued an order allowing the Stevens
Farrls Lumber company authority to
construct at grade a logging railway
over' the Eugene-Mapleton stags road.
The new water system at Monmouth,
costing 60.000, has been completed. The
water obtained from Teal creek Is con
veyed 12 miles Into a 200.000 gallon res
ervoir 100 feet -above the level of the
city. -
- WASHINGTON
Indians have been allowed to resume
fishing at. the prosser dam, but whites
are barred.
Stevenson will celebrate the Fourth
of -July, beginning with a sunrise salute
on the morning of July i.
TtiB - opening price for cherries at
Yakima Is 12 cents a pound for Royal
Annes and 7 cents for sour cherries.
Yakima's school age population, aa
shown in tha 1920 school census, is
6191, as compared with 4476 a year
ago.
Seattle pleasure cars are now being
allowed 60 per cent of their gasoline
capacity, and trucks are given full
tanks.
Grasshoppers are causing residents of
Okanogan county and State Agricul
tural Commissioner Gloyd and his staff
a great deal of worry.
The cutting of alfalfa la becoming gen
eral throughout ths Yakima valley. Some
buyers are offering 125 a ton, the high
est opening price on record.
William Struthers. a farmer of the
Eureka Flat section, is authority for
the report that a hen on his ranch has
adopted four orphan kittens.
Between 700 and 800 carloads of on
ions will be produced this year In the
Walla Walla region. The cabbage ut
put will be about 60" carloads.
- Shortage of gasoline has practically
stopped all pleasure riding at Walla
Walla. Assurances have been given that
the farmers will be taken care of.
As a result of a special election held
in Doty and Dryad, the proposal to
consolidate the two school districts for
high school purposes failed to carry for
tha second time.
The state treasurer paid out last Sat
urday on salary and other cllaima a
total of lllkooo. Of this amount ap
proximately 6100,000 went to contract
ors for the new capitol wings.
Senator E. T. Coman of Spokane has
accepted the challenge of li.' 1L Stal
lard of Yakima county, manager of the
Non-partisan league, for a debate on
the Non-partisan league.
The Libby, McNeill 6c Llbby cannery
at Yakima expects to can about 4m0
tons or cherries this season. It will re
quire 150.000 pounds of sugar for which
$37,000 approximately is being paid.
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IDAHO !
Would-be delegates to Idaho county
conventions must file nominal on pa
pers, rules Attorney General Black.
Southern Idaho delegates to the
state Democratic convention at Lewis
ton will travel on a special train.
County recorders have been officially
notified by Secretary of, Slate Jones
that primary elections will be held on
the first Tuesday In Auguat.
Threshing machine owners at Cald
well have set the following prices for
tho 1120 season: Oats 6 cemts, barley
6 cents, wheat 7 cents, clover
a at a V, saaar II 7 K O
Uncle Jeff Snow
Says:
Congress has adjourned and left the
food and clothln' profiteers still boardtn
on us free. It remmds me of Israel
McWhorter. who got his wife, Mellndy,
to put up 62000 she bo r re red on her
farm in Mixxoury to go to placer minin
near Jlmtown, Callfomy. They .picked
'em up a crew of fellers one hard winter
and started to tunnelln under the Slerry
Nevady mountains. Them fellers worked
equal to about an hour a day, and et
vittlea. played cards and snoozed the
rest of the time. Izxy was bound he'd
strike a pocket big enough to fill a bar
rel with nuggets, and when Mellndy
finally went broke she caved that tun
nel in at the mouth and left six men
to starve to death while she struck out
fer old Mlaroury by her lone self. By
the time them fellers dug thelrselvcs out
they was too thin to run fur. Ixzy
hoed corn the next year In MUzoury.
Leading Machinery Center of
the West ? Yes, You've
Guessed It Portland
Not everyone is aware of the fact
that Portland is the leading machin
ery center In the West. This city
is the heart of the great logging
and milling indutry. Ext4ive ma
chinery, industry and distribution are
Incident to lumbering.
One company, for instance, has the
largest plant devoted exclusively to
the manufacture of engine boilers In
the United States. In another plant
the : same company manufactures
donkey engines, logging and sawmill
machinery for hundreds of lumbering
enterprises.
Portland, as was related a few days
age. Is the home of power dragsaw
manufacture. Ninety per cent of all
the dragsaws are manufactured in
Portland and are sold throughout
the world wherever land Is - to be
Cleared or logs sawed Into firewood.
Some 10.000 of these eaws are manu
factured every year In Portland. In
cident to the outfitting of vessels in
the port there Is a large amount of
manufacture of deck machinery, ma
rine engines, boilers, winches and the
like. The divisional shops of the O-W.
R, At N. and Southern Pacific railroads
are located here and not a little of
the machinery manufacture is pre
dcated upon the needs of these big
establishments.