THE OREGON DAILY - JOURNAL, PORTLAND.- MONDAY, ' JUNE- 14,: 1920.
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A' sons far oar banner! - The watchword
recall
Which (a tba Republic her elation:
United we stand, divided we fall"! .
It mad and preaerrea ua a nation I
George Pop Morris.
NOT HOOVER
THE galleries at Chicago wanted
Hoover. For a long time the tide
of demonstration could not be
stemmed; The man who seconded his
nomination was required by the chair
man to make his speech, unheard and
unnoticed, while the storm of enthusi
asm. aod tumult went bn. y-., ?
But the Old Guard didn't want
Hoover. The delegates did not join
in the cheerlng. They had another
purpose-" In the main, theyjwere poli
ticians and politicians are after the
spoils the offices, the 1 patronage aod
the power. '
! Hoover, they reasoned, is not a poli
tician. Nor a man to take .orders. Nor
k man . whom the managing men
wanted. Even though the people up
there In the galleries were thundering
for Hoover, even though those people
in the galleries reflected the- thought
of multitudes of people on the out
side, the convention managers and
their delegates heard nothing, cared
nothing and did nothing but go on
with their program.
Hoover was a great opportunity for
the Republican party. If nominated,
he would have been elected, and, un
der his leadership, the country, would
have gone forward in one of the most
constructive administrations Jn ' his
tory. ; - :: v '..
" He is a constructive mani. The
things he has done have been, big
things and they havebeen well done.
His horizon" is of world breadth. .' His
thought, untainted by . the practices
and formulas of: politics and politi
cians, would,, 'as., a president, have
' reached," out into every, hamlet and
been attuned to the hopes and aspira
tions of all the people-in the nation.
Herbert Hoover was one :of the great
finds of the war. No" name voted for
in the Chicago convention - was com
, parable in weight, public confidence
and progress to the name of Hoover.
No man whose name went before the
convention has a record of achieve
ment in the same class with that of
Hoover. The Woods, the Lowdens,
the Johnsons, "the Hardings and all
the. others are, In statesmanship,
; dwarfs by 'comparison.
But, in street parlance. Hoover
hadn't "a -look In." The galleries
cheered and shouted 'and careered.
They brought within the doors of the
uoirseum iiaings and good promise
from the people of the United States.
They had a message from Garcia. But
the delegates wouldn't hear, , To the
glory of their candidate and to the
appeal they made, the Old Guard was
deaf "as, a'post1 The Old Guard had
plans ofpts own, and Herbert Hoover,
product of the war, hero to millions,
' a pledge' of honest government, was
not in their scheme of things
Herbert Hoover's blunder was that
'he did not stand in the full glory of
: his original aloofness. When" he de
clared that he would wait for the plat
forms he was . on sure ground. He
was then attuned to the spirit of mil
lions of independent Americans, and it
is the independent Americans who will
name the next president of the United
States. If he had held to that aloof
. ness, Hoover would have compelled
the Republicans to nominate him at
Chicago through fear that the Demo
crats would name him at San Fran
cisco. Had he remained in his original
position, be would, on whatever ticket
nominated, have been elected,
But he cast his lot at Chicago and
that eliminated him at. San Francisco
The Old Guard knew it, and. even
though the galleries in the Coliseum
'
had continued their demonstration
till doomsday, .ofd Cuardism would
have put its foot on Hoover's neck
and gone forward with its program,
It wanted a man of its kind, and got
him, . - -i
A woman was crossing Broadway
and Alder street Friday. ' She was
partly across when a lady that was
apparently an old friend, hailed her.
Arms - went ? out to each other . and
they clasped as though the last
meeting had been several years dis
tant. Meantime traffic on the street
was halted. . ; Fortunately, all ma
chines were under such control that
they were able, to stop before Swell
ing the toll of injuries. When old
friends . meet in the middle of the
street it would be advisable to delay
ceremonies until, they have removed
themselves from' the center of traf
fic. . '' ...
WARNING SIGNALS
A UTOMOBILE drivers are frequent-
ly careless ! about arm signals.
They often signal to turn one, way,
and instead, launch out fn the other
direction. Some give Improper signals
and others fall to signal it all.
An arm extended upward on the left
side of a - car means a ? turn to the
right. The arm straight out to the left
Is signal for a left turn. The arm
extended downward to the left is In
dication that the, machine is either to
stop or start. f - ,
The signals are frequently mixed.
A left turn is often signaled when
the driver intends swerving in the op
posite direction. : Frequently drivers
slow down or leave curbs without
warning to other machines. T '
The practice of mixing or failing,
to signal is dangerous as dangeroos
to pedestrians" as to other automobo
Usts. A pedestrian crossing an inter
section looks for a warning from an
approaching driver. If the arm is ex
tended to indicate a turn in another
direction the pedestrian proceeds, and
without further f warning the car is
rushing toward him if the signal was
mixed, .; j -': '-r -
i. Other autoists depend on signals
for direction and , movement .; of ma
chines. They have no other way of
knowing the course. If the warning Is
misleading or overlooked danger of a
crash is always imminent.
Large crowds", crowds thit Portland
has never before seen, are on their
way to this city. Recurring conven
tions will Insure their stay until the
middle ' of next "month, t Drivers and
pedestrians will be in greater danger
from accidents than ever before..
If Portland is be advertised as
a safe city. If we are to avoid mutila
tions and killings, drivers must warn
other pilots and pedestrians as to their
course through J correct use ( of arm
signals. :' .
', Ex-kaiser Bill la now tailoring bis
own clothes. ; Reports Indicate that
he is an excellent tailor. It is too
bad the former German ruler was so
long finding himself.
THE POACHERS
F THE stories that fish wardens tell
are true and' If , evidence given un
der oath can be believed, Oregon City
Is; the stronghold of an organised
band of salmon .poachers who defi
antly violate the law, and yet retain
the leniency of courts.
Nothing short of the executive at
tention of the state administration-is
warranted if conditions are as re
ported. - .
At the last trial in Oregon City, for
illustration, ' a deputy game warden
testified that he had arrested men
who were illegally netting salmon In
tne Clackamas river. Discovering mat
he lacked a gun, his prisoners turned
captors, threw him Into deep water
and forcibly prevented "him from lay
ing hold of the shore. With a fool
torrent of language they informed him
that he might drown and only permit
ted him to save himself when, weak
ened, he begged, for. mercy and prom
ised to release them from'the arrest
Earlier In the season the master
game warden testified that poachers
whom he had caught foul hooking
salmon below the falls .of the Wil
lamette at Oregon City, "had beaten
him over the head with an oar and
disabled him. A number of his depu
ties testified both with words , and
with the silent but convincing evi
dence of bruises and bckened eyes
that they had been assaulted and re
sisted in the performance of their
duty. . j
Methods of evading arrest, as pic
turesque as lawless, have been related
in tne testimony, nouseboat at a
convenient angle of "the Willamette
has a lamp burning in its window,
Beyond, in the darkness, men are
catching salmon In nets where nets
are forbidden by law to be.
The lamp moves. The . poachers
swiftly lift their gear. A few mo
ments later , a fish warden's boat
cruises the waters looking in vain for
persons who are safely hiding on
shore. ,
Two men sit on the rocky bank.
apparently doing nothing more seri
ous than fishing with chub meat for
salmon trout. , Suddenly one of them
waves. his nole In thflVnir Man in
boats who have been usy . snagging
salmon -with ; . illegal ' three-pronged
books, promptly desist even at. the
expense of ; cutting their lines from
struggling '; fish, f The ? warden finds
nothing he can complain of when he
arrives perhaps only a minute later.
. Trials by magistrates and trials by
Jury have . one ': result, the wardens
complain. The poachers boast that
no court will convict-them. -,
Where there Is smoke there, is usu
ally fire There has been much smoke
at Willamette' falls. . "
ir the poachers are organized.
if
they defy and .violate the law which
forbids the netting and foul hooking
of salmon In the Clackamas river .and
In the Willamette between the falls ,
and Oswego, the master game warden
should be given men enough to break
up the organization and prevent .the
theft of salmon that are necessary in
propagation of the species and in the
maintenance of a great Industry.
"If Clackamas county courts refuse
convictions Jt should be made possi
ble to obtain changes of venue to
courts that are governed by evidence.
" Most efficacious of all will be laws
entirely closing the Willamette to net
fishing Angling for salmon should
be forbidden after ; nightfall. I It is
during the night that foul hooking
flourishes. '' ;" -.
. No band. however defiant, should
be allowed -to violate 'law with Im
punity, especially when the violations
by preventing reproduction of salmon
hamper one of the most important
Industries' of Oregon.
Greek police officers have dis
covered a novel way of curing speed
fiends. In Athens officers On the
principal streets " carry ; , studded
planks. ' When machines approach
at high speed the plank Is dropped
and . several ' nails j rip f their way
through the' auto's tires. The tire
companies ; doubtless ' approve the
plan.;',-; . ; -r .. Ci l-: ' i
WHY HOTJSER RESIGNED f l
r r i rTvnmift inHi.iu..' nAitttAn.
the Swan, island project,;- are those
behind the plan not going too fail? ;
A great many votes will be required
to dsss the measure. So many votes
will be needed that," under ordinary
discretion, it would seem wise to have
all possible interests satisfied, with the
plan. - - y-r-x -y , i -yv
Those pushing - the measure must
know that public confidence has been
considerably shaken by the retire
ment of Max HOuser from the chair
manship of the port commission, a
retirement that is openly based on dis
satisfaction with the project as pro
posed. In a public letter Mr. Houser
says : . . .;--,;.- f'" ; ry '- i
The Swan Island project may- be Just
what we need, but unfortunately my con
victions will not coordinate with the plan
or idea In the whole, and I know you will
afrree with me that the very magnitude
of this undertaking: needs whole-hearted
working support from the chairman of
the commission. Therefore I deem It
best to stand aside at least as a chair-'
man and devote my time, energy and
application along channels both on and
off the commission that M feel would
bring the desired results.
Here is a very clear statement ny
one of the most prominent business
figures of Portland,"" In which the plan
as it stands is seriously challenged.
Would it not be far better before the
bill Is finally ; launched for there ; to
be an adjustment of all differences so
far as humanly possible? Is that not
an advisable step, if for no other rea
son than on the ground that the pas
sage of the measure may.be assured?
In a public meeting one important
member of the port .commission de
clared that . three times, tb? assessed
value would be a reasonable price
for the Mocks bottom and Guilds lake
sites, which it Is proposed to buy. A
holder of Mocks bottom acreage .not
long ago' offered "to sell his nolding
at the assessed value, and, what Is
more, "offered to accept Liberty bonds
in exchange for the land. With one
of the men who is in authority in the
Swan island . project proposing three
times the assessed value of the sites
as. a reasonable purchase price, and
with one of the - owners of the, waste
land to be bought recently offering to
sell his holding at the assessed value
the question becomes: Is the plan for
the Swan Island project well matured
and m position to' be given the full
confidence of the people to. the fex
tent of $10,000,000?
Once again, would it not be wise
to harmonize all elements before the
measure Is finally launched ? ; '
The news has yet to report any
great decline In the prices of food
stuffs. Why not peac gardens 'on
idle land? . They would be quite as
useful and quite as much of an aid
as war gardens. ; .:
MURDER MONTH ,
JUNE is known as the murder month
in Chicago. On the first day of
this month 17 people charged with
murder faced jadges In Chicago courts.
There are 4Q to be tried Before July i.
The wave of killings is no doubt an
outgrowth of the great ' war. Cheap
ened lives are a legacy of that titanic
struggle. y ,
Years ' of destruction and strife en
couraged blood lust. Men were taught
to rip, shoot, gas, bayonet and bomb
other men. Success was measured In
casualties. Hatred was instilled into
the hearts of the fighters, and they
knew no law save "military discipline.
Armies were sent across the water to
destroy other anqies. . Other armies
were composed oJXhen. Fear, whether
it be of man or law, was. driven from
the heart. The purpose to which the
machinery, i resources and manpower
of nations were, dedicated was to de
etroy. Rule was by might, by bay
onet, by gun and by bomb.'-
The idea of hate and destruction has
not been entirely removed from the
minds of all men. The4" thought of
rule by might and $y gun has not
been wholly dispelled. The tail of the
kite of war is sweeping America as
indicated, by the Chicago murder
month. ' -f ,
When we dance the fiddler must be
paid. ' And in addition to the billions
spent In prosecution of the war, to
the needed reorganization of our in
dustrial and social fabric, to weath
destroyed, and to dead in Francej ,we
have our dead in America and a mur
der month in Chicago, : ,-!
A Philadelphia ' lawyer has been
Indicted by the federal grand Jury
charged with aiding Grover Berg
doll, wealthy slacker,; to , evade' the
draft... The attorney is characterized
by the Eastern press as Bergdoll's
"Man Friday. ; Many a good man
has fallen into the abyss by follow
ing the trail of tainted money.
Colonel Proctor et al who made up
the-Wood campaign fund appear to
have received a poor return from
their investment. J, a .
A GOOD PLAN'
A ROYAL Chinook salmon dinner is
proposed for Portland's visitors
dhring Shrine week. ' It Is also pro
posed to have all Oregon products as
a feature of the big banquet' to be
given the visitors.
Columbia river cannery men are be
ing asked to furnish Portland with
the biggest Royal Chinook thai the
Columbia affords". ; Then it Is proposed
to freeze this fish into a soWd cake
of Ice and ' place it as a center piece
on the banquet table.
, Such a proposal will not only give
Portland's visitors: a glimpse of its
most famous product, but it will like
wise; .be a big advertisement for the
Industry. ' -' '
It has been- suggested that as many
of the visitors have , probably; never
seen a salmon, trie glimpse of a won
der Royal Chinook in' a cake of ice
will be one of the best advertisements
this section can receive. ' It is a good
proposaL
EXPEDIENCY VS.
. PRINCIPLE
Vital Issues Signal or a Wobble, While
-Definite Utterances Are Defi- .
5. nttely Reactionary
'. Fronvthe Slem CanitatJonrna
The Republican platform might well
be called "the damnation of Democracy .
Throughout the wearisome appeal to
prejudice and partisanship, the fulsome
self -4audation : and Pecksniff ian profes
sions of piffle, the campaign platitudes
and desuetudes,' runs the anvil chorus 'of
denunciation of the administration as
the consummation of all that Is evil..
The platform is certainly not an In
strument to point to with pride..- Neither
can it - be viewed with much . alarm.
Wheve there is a vital principle at stake,
there Is a lack of principle in the wob
bly , straddle. Where the platform is
oommltal. It Is reactionary in tendency,
and, reflects the viewpoint of the " old
guard and big business rather than ; the
aspirations of the toiling masses. . . It
might as well have been written a score
of years ago, as far as world vision and
the changed outlook of humanity is con
cerned. It belongs to an era that is
PaSSlng. i" V ;
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The administration is assailed in the
platform for. Its un preparedness for war
and the winning . of the. war Ignored.
It is 'attacked for' its "unpreparednesa
for peace,",, yet the Republicans have
been In full control of congress since the
war, and refused to enact the peace
legislation asked by the president and
now demanded in the platform. A man
date : for Armenia Is repudiated and
scorned, . but a - mandate for Mexico
favored. It combines a maximum of de
structive criticism with ' a minimum - f
constructive suggestion. -
It is however, on tha nnhlpof nf that
League of. Nations that the platform' at
tempts to face both ways repudiating
the JJeague of Nations and the- -peace
treaty, yet favoring , m. new treaty: to
create "world miirt'' Ia nrpum tuqi..
after the manner of, the Hague trl-
Dunai, which worked so effectively In
nreventinar -ths world war On, mmi
read the platform, however; to appre
ciate the stand on the peace treaty.
The treatv of V,r,a Ml. nnl!.).
and- the action of the Republican sen
ators in Killing me treaty commended.
In this respect Johnson and the bitter
enders have won th viinr ' th,
tail has wagged the party dog, and the
republican party stanas committed ab
solutely against the-League of Nations.
Lodge's cloak of r reservations, under
which the? treaty ; was assassinated. - is
dropped as having served its purpose.
v suDsuiuie. ior the league, peace
treaties, like those concluded by Bryan,
are proposed, and International courts
to adjudicate, 'claims suggested. It is
hoped thus to retain" the votes of those
favorable to a league of nations. The
frantic desire for: harmony has led to
the - abandonment ! of principle and the
substitution of political expediency as
u vtr oi lire 10 guide the Republi
can party from the inhimH iu.n...
unto the promised piecounter.
Letters From the People
. .r . w a ue journal for
publication in thia department hoold be written
snn . x 1, gapar, anouia not exceed
300 word is iensth an must be signed by the
writar. ahnu - i ,.. "TT
. . . ..uiw iu iuji bub( soeom-
tJany the. contribution. w
' - WHT THE S CENT VaRET ' ' "
Portland, June 12. To the Editor bf
The Journal I want to say within ten
years from "today Portland will not be
bothered with such a thing as a street
car. The automobile is the. coming way
of transportation. It is responsible for
this 8-cent carfare, i Did the streetcars
not make money before the invention of
the automobile J Yes ; even the horsecar
did. Then came the electric streetcar.
Which mit'lho hnru i,..tnn. . . -m
- uui ui
business, and now comes the automobile.
wuku, it. given a - cnance. will put the
electric cars out of business. The change
Is bound to come, yet hard to be admit
ted by corporations which have thou
sands upon thousands Invested and no
way to be raimhtinuu) fn .
mwgk. Vlt
nana. . A clever scheme far now to elect a
iyor owned oy a corporation of this
kind and then make life miserable for
the nublic until tt whh n
such treatment, and in order to solve the
h -uuu win vuib municipal --ownership ;
and bv the alH nt .nnk -
v. .null
mayor a transaction of this kind could be
I am taking the liberty of using the
name of Judira Hanrv V. Mnini
capable of filling the office of -mayor
"iumg any sucn attempt. I have
never consulted Mr. McGinn on this mat
tery, but know he voices my HentimenU
exactly regarding favoring such a cor
poraUon as our Portland Railway: Light
St Power eomnanv. -
Every available scheme has been put
- uw jm iew years to unload
this junk equipment on the city and
bring about such conditions as' now ex
ist, in order to get the laboring - class,
who patronize streetcars, to . insist on
municipal ownership.
Let, ma say now : Do not-favor any
such, municipal ownership. -We ' have
taxation enough without taking over
such wornout and rundown rolling stock
as this in order to favor an .Eastern
corporation ; '",yy
Let us loolf at the nnt w4lim
the I oadbetf. Take such streets as Will
lams avenue. Third street, and the trestle
from Union ' avenue to the Columbia
river, - which is nothing more than a
makeshift.-; These are only a few miles
of the bad track conditions, not to men-
tion the bad condition, of rolling stock
now in use.
Is it not time to unload such equip
ment? Conditions existing as they do on
this system, if in use by other than such
a corporation would be condemned and
repairs made or, they would not be al
lowed to operate. -x':v:y-'--:-;y.v"':-:r..
Why not the jitney be given an oppor
tunity to solve this question of carfare?
If the company cannot operate at a 6
cent fare and the Jitney catt, why make
laws that, wijl shut-out such competition
in order to favor an Eastern corporation T
: -y V; :i".i ;; vi;5 '.-. . -A 'Taxpayer.; ;.
i WANTS WOMAN DIRECTOR ir
'Portland,- June 12. To the Editor of
The Journal The election of school di
rectors' for Portland, - June 19. holds as
much, if not more, interest than national
politics to every mother In Portland. It is
closer to our homes and we women can
not only vote but w. can - vote for a
woman school, director who compares fa
vorably in every . respect with the best
male candidates who ever ran for' this
important office. I refer to Mrs.' Francis
A. Sherman. Jr- :-' 1' "
Mrs. Sherman has to commend her a
charming and pacific i personality which
will allay, the strife, and bitterness here
tofore characteristic among Portland's
school directors. She has Intellect, highly
trained generally and especially by years
of experience in school work. She has
successfully reared and trained a beauti
ful family of her own. She is-physically
and mentally sound and fit for the -work
connected with the school, directorship.
She is above ail else, honest 'and fearless
in her stand on religious questions which
have been injected . into this and other
campaigns and which have Influenced di
rectors to the , detriment of school chil
dren. She is neither a Catholic nor a
Protestant candidate but assures both a
"square deal." Teachers and contractors
will stand or fall on their merit alone,
and not because of their private religious
beliefs. - (:... . :; v ':. .
For these reasons alone, Mrs. Sherman,
the only woman candidate for a place on
tbe Portland ' school (board, should be
elected by an overwhelming majority.
i . Mrs. D. A. Norton.?
V THE TROUBLED O. O. P. '
Vancouver, . Wash., t, June 7. To .' ths
Editor' of The Journal Was there ever
a time in American politics when the
G. O. F. was so worried? Several weeks
ago Will . H. Hays at San Francisco
gave out- a statement : which - read like
tins : ' All" is harmony in the G. O. P,
camp; all united again ; everything is
rosy to land the bacon In 1920. 'Just a
short while after. President Wilson called
Bainbrldge Colby to his cabinet, one of
the r best : Republicans New York state
ever produced, and I have it doped out
that, either President Wilson, Governor
Cox of Ohio or Bainbrldge Colby will be
nominated at San Francisco, and elected.
There is only one chance for'a O. O. P.
candidate this fall, and that Is if Bryan
is nominated. That is hardly - possible.
In March, 191, I heard President wn
son and ex-President Taft talk on the
League of -Nations in the Metropolitan
opera house,-New Tork city. I wet up
to Boston and heard President Lowell
and Senator Lodge debate the League
of Nations. Later I, went to Philadel
phia, and heard Hitchcock k and James
Wharton Pepper debate the League of
National . -I have, heard - many other
prominent men discuss the league, k I
had a front seat in The Auditorium In
Portland lately and heard Taft explain
the league. In his -New York speech he
said it should be passed as It was. In
his Portland speech he said he was in
favor of the Lodge reservations. But at
the time he made the New Tork speech,
he didn't, know the Lodge clique was go-'
ing to knife it to check President Wil
son's popularity.- Taft said .the league
is , all right, but the senate is stubborn.
and the president should change his mind
and submit t r the reservations. ! That
is the reason we fired Taft out of the
White House" lit 1312 because be was a
political changer. . He has got only one
competitor W. J. Bryan. Taft said at
The Auditorium that he was against the
soldiers , bonus. . -Taft always was
against a soldier.. Roosevelt. Taft and
General Wood degraded ' our army and
navy,-1 What did they' ever do for a
soldier? . G. W. Louden,
" THE! FOREIGNER AS EMPLOYE.
Sellwood, Jnne ' ll.v-To"' the Editor of
The Jra al -One,; of your, corre
spondents is evidently i puzzled ' over . the
employers partiality for foreigners. I am
glad io be able to throw some light- The
real reason why so-many Americans ex
perience difficulty In securing, work- Is
because they lack that most vital qualifi
cation, docility. No matter how efficient
the American may be, if he lacks docility
he will always be looking for a job. The
foreigner has no such -disqualification.
He is docile, both by nature and neces
sity, hence the employer's affection for
him. - i .
But perhaps the employer is not all- to
blame for preferring the foreigner. Many
Americans ' have been let i out: of their
j.bs, and because they took it in sidence
instead of seeking the cause, as your cor
respondent does, the employer has as
sumed It as good policy and has con.
ti nued to' get by with it- ' ; ,
I will narrate an experience of my own.
My business has to do with the woolen
Industry. Just - before the war: X was
working at one of Oregon's woolen mills.
Three Syrians came there and secured
work. .About a week later a man came
to me and asked why we did not go on
strike to - have- the-- Syrians -discharged.
Now I knew the firm was paying this
man 11.25 a day, and X asked him If he
thought the Syrians would work for less
money than he was receiving. He said
he did not know, but he was afraid they
might. : I. told him he had greater need
to be afraid of the employers than of the
Syrians. ; Whether these-people Could live
on J1.25 a day did not Interest the em
ployers1; - they-, were only - concerned in
their sheep-like docility. Man's inhuman
ity to man makes the whole world mad.
.- r , '? ; James G Clarkson.
CHALLENGES DR. MELVEEN
Portland, June 11. -To the Editor of
The Journal Dr. McElveen's remarks
on May 31 put it up io all 100 per cent
Americana to .resent his statement that
our war-, was prosecuted for commerce.
Only- those that rank with .Albers and
the traitorous element of congress would
cast such contumely upon our American,
nation and slur in ' any : way our man
of men. President it Wilson, who - nearly
lost his life' in his endeavors" tor bring
peace to the nations. Such affronts to
the nation and to all true , Americans
should not be tolerated, even If the war
is over. : A retraction is due or the
facta shonld' be substantiated..
' . Osborne Yates.
' ON THE PLAZA BLOCK'
Portland, June- 4. To the Editor of
The Journal How is it that the police
allow men to lie around on ; the grass
and occupy seats with the signs, on,
"For j Ladies and Children? StroU
through the ladles' park qp the plaxa
and see the roughnecks, there every
evening. Even a lady with aa escort
Is annoyed by someone if she sits' there.
I hope Chief Jenkins -will get wise and
clean the ladies' park up. - o. J.
Olden" Oregon
Origin of the Name Oregon Ona of the
, Mysteries of , History. '
.The origin of the name Oregon cannof
be traced. ; It seems to have been coined
by Jonathan Carver In 1778. He speaks
of the Oregon, or the River of the West.
After Carver the first American to make
the word famous was the poet Bryant,
who employed it in his "Thaiiatopsls."
At first the .term Oregon was applied
only to what afterwards became the Co
lumbia river, but In 1117 ila meaning
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE ,
" Rain now. , Sunshine for the Shriners.
' Short on gasoline ; long on parking
pace. , ,
People. who borrow trouble always pay
a heavy interest on it
... ' - E : 'e
If the Shriners will bring their own
camels and desert and palm trees, Port
land win furnish everything else.
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Local pedestrian was hit by two' auto
mobiles in' one accident. Certainly- a
case of adding Insult to injury.
mi- ,: .., a a
V The Mrs. Gleason of New York, ar
rested for theft following participation
in poker parties, probably doesn't see
now-where the glee comes in. -
; , . a a a ; '
Tho'v banks are refusing to extend
credit - to speculators. Hence, In one
way, at least, the speculators are Just
like most of thehonest working people.
Army authorities report that there are
148.000 barracks -bags and 6000 trunks
belonging to former service men still
unclaimed on Governor's Island. Which
goes to show again how eager were the
boys Ao get home.'
MORE OR LESS PERSON Atf
Random Observations Abdut Jopn.
The ' Carlson family has - deserted
Kingsburg, Cat. for the delights of travel
and its several members - are domiciled
at the Hotel Oregon while enjoying a
visit in Portland. The travelers include
Mr. and Mrs. A T. Carlson, Adolph,
Nannie, Mildred and Esther Carlson.
They are but one unit In the army of
California tourists represented on Port
land hotel registers for the : week-end.
Even the palmy Santa Barbara and
other resorts for Eastern folk have con
tributed their share of pre-convention vial
tors to the Rose, City. San Diego has
sent Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Mershon, who,
incidentally, are here to attend the T.
P, A. convention. Mershon i is In - the
merchandise brokerage business in the
Southern California city. The Mentions
are stopping at the Multnomah.'
a a a; ;:, J, ;-. '
Colonel and Mrs. J. M. Poorman of
Woodburri are guests for the week-end
at the Hotel Portland. The colonel, de
serving of his title by reason of national
guard service, Is a banker at Woodburn.
': - "'S.y ; -' -; ' i' -V'1''
: General thinning of apple 'crops is
about to start in the Hood River valley
orchards,1 where fruit culture is on such
a scientific basis that only one apple is
allowed-to remain .where half a dozen
were before. , The result is, of course,
one luscious big Hood River apple In
stead of I a half : a . dozen ' sickly little
pomes. Which is one way -of .introduce
ing A. W. Stone and A. W. Peters, both
active in ! the apple industry? of Hood
River, and both guests for the time being
at the Portland hotel. : - i ; '
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I Eastern guests at the Portland hotel
Saturday and Sunday fully realised that
they- were; in the great and flctloned West
when, near their, own entries, were reg-
"impressions and observations
i OF THE JOURNAL MANlh '
--i - v h - . Ijy Fred Lockley '
The Pierian aprinr has lately been inirror
ina the - countenance of a certain callow youth
who iraciotulj , impart enlightenment to Mr,
Ijockler. who aa sraciotuly henosrapha tt to
Journal reader. All men wha nave aver been
roan will,; of eoarae. ientantly reoecniaa them
aeKeay in thai jejuna fellow paaaenser of Mr.
Lockley. I;' ; , J. ; ? ;'-'':s ;. .j ' ., .. ,---."-;,
A wise "Frenchmsn once ! said, "It
youth only knew ! If age only could!"
There is a whole volume in that brief
sentence, f- The only trouble is that
youth doesn't know, but is sare, oh, so
sure, that It does know. Tpis me
month of roses, of blushing brides and
bewildered bridegrooms, and 1 of sweet
girl 'graduates. 'This is a month when
a young man's "fancy lightly turns to
thoughts 1 of love. " ; A day or so ago I
had for my seatmate on the train a lad
of 17 who was on hia Way ; home for
the' summer vacation. He had been a
year at a Willamette, valley college and
was charmimrly ingenuous. I saw he
was perfectly willing- to do the talking,
so I took the part of the rapt and inter
ested listener ; and. in truth, X was an
interested listener. ' ,
, - .,-. :;.',:-, ,,. a ' '
1 "Did you notice that man the con
ductor was talking to a moment or so
ago? he askei. "I couldn't tell whether
he was Irish or Scotch. I am inclined
to think.! however, that he. was Scotch.
You can tell a Scotchman by his accent.
Isn't it strange that even after a Scotch
man has, been In this country for years
he prefers his ..own language .to ours. I
can hardly understand them. They have
a very deficient sense of humor. X was
teUing a Scotchman the other day about
a sign Over a music store that read,
'Musical instruments and bagpipes.' He,
didn't even smile. He said. That's not
a ; funny -j story. That's an insult to a
grand race and. a grand instrument'-
Tou may be right, maybe that man
the conductor was talking to was Irish.
I. don't know whether you have ever
happened to see ; a . paper caMed the
Literary (Digest It tells, what all ths
papers of the country think of different
questions. ' I read an article in It the
other day about the troubles in 'Ireland.
It referred to it as the vexed Irish ques
tion.' I think they meant ths Irish are
vexed over the political situation. The
whole question seems absurdly , simple
to me. Ireland has been such an ex
pense ! to England and ; caused her so
much bother I think England would be
perfectly justified in saying to Ireland,
You go your way, and I'll go mine.
From now on X refuse to have anything
to do with governing you or paying your
bills. Yon will have to paddle your own
canoe and see how you like it-' It
seems from this article I read that the
Irish don't know 1 exactly what they
want, but they are bound to have it If
I was running it I would say. The peo
ple that don't like to have the Irish run
Ireland can pull their freight and go to
England ! or come over to America. Let
the others stay and fight it out That
to my. mind, vwould settle the whole
question.; " ' - --;
"Speaking of the Irish, reminds me of
fighting.! I suppose during the war you
read a good deal about it The papers
were full of it at the time. So few
people I have talked to really seem to
have understood the underlying causes
of the war. 1 talked to a German baker
and he explained the whole thing to me.
I have often wished he would 'write an
article about it so others would under
stand it as clearly as X do. You see the
Germans - realised that they were su-
was broadened by Han J. Kelley to the
territory drained by" the river.
Curious Bits of Information
j For the Curious - 1
' Gleaned From Carious. Places
Speaker Thomas B. Reed, 30 years
ago, became a "tyrant"? and a "csar to
millions ( of people because he had
smashed congressional precedents as, old
as parliaments, and led a parliamentary
revolution ; in the Fifty-first" congress
which created a riot and overturned, the
NEWS IN BRIjEFr
! y?y:.--ry.-y
A new 85-foot flagpole 1M been erect
ed on ths courthouse lawn directly in
front of the courthouse at Heppner.
j I
With wool selUng a lpv as 20 to SO
cents a pound, the Newjberg Graphic
thinks a fellow ought to, be able to buy
cloth for patching his old; trousers pretty
BOOQ- . a a a j
.That banking Is a profitable business
Is shown," says the Mc$nnvlUe News
Reporter, by the fact ttuvl three of our
local bank presidents ly.ve each .pur
chased a new automobile!.
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Beatrice " Yoran. a graduate 'of the
University of Oregon this year, has
ever missed a day lit school since she
entered the grade schools' 17 years ago,
the Register says, and was never in all
Chat time marked tardyJ ' .
i -If the high cost -of ctehing Isn't re
duced It will not , be tHet fault of the
sheep in the Cottage Grove country."
the Sentinel eaya "The i fleece of one
Cotswold yearling; lamb Just sheared by
Ed Conner weighed Z2Vfes pounds. A II
or 14-pound fleece is coijaWered a good
one. Some of the wod4;f measured 16
Inches." , f;,. . - :
tt:
Istered the Rev. Black !iawk and the
Rev,. Red . Fox, - Indian . preachers from
the Yakima Indian reservation in Wash,
ina-ton. The Rev. Red Fox slightly cam
ouflages his Indian narrist by registering
as Red Fox Sklnhushar&: . ,
!.: ...
Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Wilde" and Mrs.
Mitchell, residents of Iqiamath Falls,
were week-end guests attthe Multnomah
hotel. .;" -.;" . .:..-'
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The Portland hotel Is er&-talning Mrs.
George V. Warty, Mrs. ifKa-A. Fletcher
and Miss Kate L. Enos.iult residents of
Grand RAplds, Mich. - ii -
-v-.; v " - - If
Dr. and Mrs. H.C EplQ' of .Salem are
only one- couple In Portland who are
characterised by - the mdical or dental
prefix. The Epleys are at the Seward.
At the Imperial ace DrJXames D.'Pla
mondon . of Pendleton qid Dr. A. E.
Wrlghtman of SUvertorr,
- John n. and C. Tt Ftiia-'nett of Wannn.
Wasco county, are stopping at the I mo
pe rial during, a brief business visit in
. a . a , eJJ ; - ..
Mrs. E. F. Carleton. wife of the assist'
ant state suDerintendentl of tmblic in
struction,- spent the wee-end at the Se
ward hotel, registering, f course, from
saiem.
! a j ,
; To read all that sonW s of the booster
publications. have to say jabout Shaniko,
Wasco: county, one nugat wen beueve
that town to be a second Portland. It
may be some day, at that and already
has a start toward Portland's popula
tion with a total of someshing more than
200 persons. One" of tht citizens of the
town is George R. BlacI:who, Just now,
Is a guest- at the sewa hotel.
perior to the other natins surrounding
them and they planned fp bring them up
to their standard, just is we send mis
sionaries to the heathen to civilise them.
This baker told me that! the French and
the other nations .Genwy. -was trying
to help "were satisfied With their shift,
less ways of doing, busiiess .and didn't
want to be civilised. -' jhey preferred
their old-fashioned wsS and r resented
Germany trying to improve them. Some
people are that way. I know, for I have
bad - people get sore wften I tried to
show . them ' they wer wrong. Well,
anyway, ths French . afcd English and
the rest wouldn't adops; Germany's up-
to-date methods, and . that caused tbe
fighting, and after they -got started no
body knew how to stop. ; the war, so It
went -on and on till (isrmany studied
out a way to stop it ..r.
- '4"
"Some day you must ;et hold of the
Literary Digest X meet so many igntr
ant people I often wish I could get them
to read-the Digest Id guess you have
noticed in the DSDers iome talk lately
about : what they call - fiie high cost of
living problem. I have" seen several
arUcles in the Digest about it I hardly
ever read the newsppera They , all
seem to have a differefit opinion about
ft and I find it confusthg. It seems to
me from what I have siudied about this
high cost- of living question that it is
really rather simple. This shortage of
gasoline and the hlghj; price of sugar
have something to do Avith the law -of
supply and demand. If? more of the. de-
tnanders would become! suppliers prices
would .go down and w could afford to
buy more, and that would make more
work so , the workers jcould get - more
wages so they could bijiy more. That's
all there is to that. This articls said
tne , trouble ' was caused by overcon
sumption and - underproduction. ' WelW
why don't they revers it and produce
more and consume -less. - It's a wonder
to me nobody has thought of that rem
edy,. S
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Those oranges the news butcher has
look pretty good, don't they? Say, talk
ing of oranges, what
as your ravorue
fruit? Mine is a dat
with a. peach.
That's Just a joke; fo
.really. I don't
like dates, and I'm not
ytry craxy about
the fair feminine. Do
ft misunderstand
me. I don't mean I ana a woman hater.
When I was young X cqjhsidered the fair
but frail 'sex an unmitigated evil, but
now that.! am more fpature and have
studied woman -, and iunderstand her
thoroughly, I can see tfie has her. place
In the scheme of creation. You see, we
wouldn't appreciate or j value peace and
tranquility If we never Ihad any 'trouble.
It would be like cQntinifous sunshine. It
would become monotonous, so we nave
women to kind- -of - kp 'things from
getting monotonous bi stirring things
up. and, believe MS, thy cah" sure keep
things stirred up. Theji seem to have a
natural gift for spilling the beans. As
long as there are any girts around peace
and tranquility aren't tn any danger of
getting monotonous. ' The dove" of peace
is lucky to get off wit ft his life and at
that if he gets away-wjju! his pin feath
ers he can shake harfds with himself
and figure it is his luky day. I have !
figured out that .women are largely w
sponsible ' (or most of the things that
happen to us men. jj
Must you go?. I'm -JMad 'tis -have -met
you, I'm always gladj to meet people
that are willing to leafn. I think col
lege men owe 'It -to society to try to
lift others up to their Tvel." '
precedents . of 100 years. Reed" counted
a quorum 'and killed a filibuster the
old parliamentary fiction that a member
of the house could be present for ob
struction and absent jjfor business at
one and the same time. 1 Former Speaker
Joseph O. Cannon, in Harper's Magazine,
tells how Reed's revolutionary ruling
precipitated a riot which continued for
several days, and converted dignified
statesmen - into a howling mob. The
house finally, on the hlrd day of the
riot, reached the ; business which pre
cipitated the riot the election contest of
Smith vs. Jackson froth? West Virginia.
The' Oregon Country
KorUiwaat Happeninca in Brief Form for the
Busy Reader.
OREGON
A. number Of rHAP nf ImaltnAV : In
mild form are reported from Rosoburg.
The foBsi! remains of a mlocene whale
have been found In the cliffs along the
beach near Newport
Shriners who pass through THe Dalles
the mornlne of June 2 n-ill tw rlvnn
trout breakfast by local Shriners.
A devil fish measuring about six feet
in diameter was caueht hv lvv Howard
while fishing off a dock at Newport
The population of La Grande is an
nounced by the census bureau to be
6913. an increase of 2070 or 42.7 per cent.
Suit has been filed In the circuit court
at Astoria asking for the appointment of
a receiver for the Creasy-Anderson com
pany. .
A central employment office to bring"
the farm laborer and employer tosether
Is advocated by the ' Umatilla county
farm bureau.
. Danger of forest fires has been re
duced by the late rain according to R.
A. Bottcher, assistant supervisor of ths
Umatilla National forest. ;
Grant county stockmen are preparing
to -make a vigorous protest against the
removal, of the Malheur forest office
from John Day to Burns.
While returning to Bend from a:
Brooka-Scanlon lumber camp, Mra Gus
A. Lenke was thrown from her car,
sustaining serious Injuries. i
' The campaign expenditures' of Dr.
Walter, M. Berry for justice of the peace
at Newport amounted to 29 cents. He
has held the office, the past 12 years.
Tile cool weather has retarded the
rlpemnir of strawberries at Hood River.
Only seven carloads have thus far been
shipped by the Apple Growers associa
tion.,, " ' " ' . ;-. . .. . .. .
Plans ' are being made by tbe state
board of control to enlarge the heating
plant at the home for feeble minded.
For this work $10,000 has been appro
priated. ' ..
A contract has been entered into be
tween the state and the federal govern
ment whereby the western department of
the air service will assign to Oregon a,
squad of airplanes for forest fire patrol
work this summer.
K greater part of the law library of
the late Judge Dead y will be presented
to the state university. The collection
Includes over 200 sets of law books.
Judge Deady was the first president of
the board of regents of the university.
, . WASHINGTON
The supreme court has denied the
petition of Mike Sheehan, one of the
defendants in the Armistice day killing'
at Centrales, for a change of venue.
The proposed tour of North Central
Washington by business men of We
natch ee has been indefinitely postponed
on account of the gasoline. shortage. ,
M. S.' Cohen of Vancouver has been
elected president of the Royal Trun
arians. Shipment of Yakima early
spring lambs will begin about July 10.
According to. a telegram from Ad
miral Rodman, two large destroyers
will be sent to Grays Harbor to par
tlclpate in the Fourth of July celebra
tion. Indians of theTahelah reservation will
face starvation this winter as a result
of failure of this year's salmon run
and enforcement , of atringent fishing
regulationa ""-. - .
Hotel men of the state have been de
nied a writ reviewing a minimum wage
conference ruling fixing the pay of wo
men employes of hotels and restaurants
at $18 a week by the superior court of
Thurston county, .
For the past week the gasoline situa
tion In Chehalls has been very unsatis
factory, pleasure cars being unable to
obtain any and other cars being rationed.
From two to five tanks from an eastern
source are enroute and for this local
dealers expect to charge 36 cents a
gallon.
- . . IDAHO . " '
Lewiston Is having difficulty In get
ting bids on sewer construction, owing
to the uncertain price of labor and ma
terials. The May report of the "Ada-Canyon
County Cow Testing association shows
that 82 pounds of butterfat per cow was
the month's average.
- The - agricultural committee of the
Grangeville Commercial club "has set ,
July 10 As the date for a countywlde :
t-plcnlc and get together meeting.
- The -Installation of a suction fan In
the state bacteriological laboratory has
cured the ventilation defect which
caused unpleasant laboratory odors to
permeate the capltol building.
The directors of the Snake River Val
ley Community club have prepared plans
for a campaign to advert isethe Snake
river valley by -films which will show
the valley 'from above A eh ton to below
Buhl.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says :
In the early days of Riverside, Call
forny. Doc Greeves was postmaster at
25 a month, and to sorter help him out
a friend back In Washington where he
uster. Uve got him apptnted a deputy U.
8. marshal. . He : was secretary of the"
Riverside Land and irrigation company,
aftd president of the Riverside Cemetery
company, and what with all his public
duties and pUf-peddlln' he managed to
git along fine. When he went out on
a doctorin' trip he drove a buggy wUh
a . iron gray boss, but when he rode
in ,a Fourth of July parade he saddled
the boss and rode as deputy U. S. marshal.-
When he 'tended a funeral he most
ginerally hitched up his jtray hoss to a
spring wagon, which same was the hearse
pf the community fer a long time. So
we could alius tell by the outit what
Doc's mission in life was. Doc never
charged no bills fer doctorin' but let
folks pay what they liked. He charged
fer medicines, coffins and graves, how
ever, and some folks said he got even
with everbuddy sooner or later.
Making of Furniture Ranks
High Among th Leading
Industries of Portland.
No other industry Is quite so closely
related to the Northwest's greatest
natural resource as furniture manu
facture in Portland. Some $3,000,000
has been invested tn furniture mak
ing plants in Portland and the re
tall value of their annual output Is
nearly $8,000,000. -
There are 17 factories and they give
employment to 1200 workers. The
third largest case goods furniture fac
tory In the United States is located
here. By case goods Is meant bed
steads, bureaus, dressing tables, and
so forth. .
Oregon, Washington," California,
Utah, South America, the Philippines
and Hawaii are the largest buyers of
Portland made furniture.
' Oregon fir, pine, cedar, spruce,
"maple and myrtle are consumed In
Portland . furniture manufacture.
Though the market is constantly
broadening, one (nVthe most interest.
Ing features relating to the distribu
tion of furniture bearing the Port
land brand la the rapidly In-'
creasing local demand. This fact is
traceable to a war condition. There
was a time when' retail dealers that
.had been patronizing the Industry of
other -centers found- It impossible to
get their supplies because of uncer
tain transportation.-
They began patronising home indus
try. Then they found that Portland
made. furniture was as good as the
best manufactured anywhere, else.
Purchasers reported satisfaction. One
order brought others.
Furniture stocks now are uniformly
low. The demand is correspondingly
brisk, Portland furniture makers ex
pect to be very busy for a long time
to come, merely catching up with
orders-