THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. THURSDAY, JUNE 17. 1920,
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AMERICA
THAT the soviet government of
Russia is not representative of the.
people was declared by the American
Federation of Labor at Montreal Tuesj
day. . . ' Cr : " , r
" Here is example of the soundness
of Gompers leadership. The veteran i
labor chief may nrake occasional err
rors. But in the long run, he Is
sound to the core. . - j
I .. Sovietism in Russia is not repre-:
. sentative. Sovietism as A formula is
not sound. J
Fundamentally, it disfranchises a
part of the people. In practice. It has
weak points that will always tend to
make it misrepresentative. - j.
. ? Self government must have a. re
sponsible and responsive head, must
have the ballot and must let the ma
jority will prevail. " The American sysi
tem embodies all these features, and
lacks only full and intelligent use by
.the citizenry to make it a just and
.'equitable government. j
ISbody claims thatVe have reached
perfection here. Government is by the
people and it will be no better than
;the people who "'make if ' If there Is
-chicanery and skulduggery in govern
ment it is beeause-the-people -tolerate
it. If there is profiteering it is be
cause the people do not rise and
abolish It. j
- Most of the troubles'in' America'can
be charged to the refusal of 'citizens
to think as they vote and then vote as
they think. To put It another way,
too many people vote for a party
label and do not .vote- for themselves.
And too often, after, they have voted,
: they permit; those whom . they voted
for. to disobey instructions... ; j.
Last week, we had the spectacle of
delegates at Chicago ripping up the In'
structions given them in the presi
dential 'primaries. A cabal- of- old
guard senators defied the instructions
of the 'people, and . got away, with it
In 1912, Roosevelt had thousands of
votes thrown: to. him. In Hhe presiden
tial primaries, but another man was
chosen. He carried even the Penn
sylvania primaries by-77,000 plurality
and got 266,000 votes in. Illinois, but
a, clique of the old-guard set it all
at naught. -; ' j
These are defects. The party sys
tem itself is a gigantic defect. But
for partyism, the peace, treaty, Jn
some form, would have -been rati
fied within three months after the
president placed It before the senate.
It Is not the system of government,
but the standards of citizenship that
need to be changed in America. The
revolutionist who wants to pull down
the American system"1 and substitute
another is absurd. If he wants better
government " let him set out to hold
up higher civic ideals, to so educate
every citizen that he can think straight
and to make -universal the thought
that men must not expect to live off
the favors of government' and special
privileges of government but to sink
or swim on their own merits'and Own
efforts." . - .. v.
- ; Every year public Ufa and public af
fairs In America are bettered. Institu
tions are more and more cleansed
More progress has been made in eight
years than, in a generation before.
The fundamental to continued prog-
ress is universal education and inde
pendent thinking.' The worker's hope
- for advance is for all workers to know
and to think, and. then. to go to the
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polls and vote for their homes and J
families. - i
Those in America who are spouting I
of the glories of soviet government are
heaping stones -upon their own prog-j
ress. " ' I
Hillsboro is In the midst of busy
preparations for a big celebration of I
the Fourth. IJlllsboro always cele-j
brates. : Ten thousand people .near a i
the eagle scream there last year, and I
it is confidently ; predicted that the
number will be doubled this year.
Fifteen 'acres ofland was recently
e-ivAn the citv for nark Darnoses and
a. i-re um of OBy haa been voted
hv th neonie for narlc Improve,
m,nt.. a h,,-.- danclntr oavilion and
many other features are being pro-j
vlded to entertain the great crowd
exoected at thla year's' celebration. I
The ride for the many who will go
from Portland for the day is but 40 j
mm... vr 1 . fine highway and
ttirMa-h at ia.ndscaoe aa beautiful as
the planet affords.
thepl
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hr wronged HIMSELF i
IN THE May - primaries he voted J
against the city measures propos-j
ing relief for Portland car riders. I
Being a small home owner, he fig-tin
ured that passage of the relief bills
would Increase his taxes 60 cents a
year. There were a good many car
riders like him. Now he has to pay
an' 8-cent fare, and" his business is J
such that he must pay four fares a I
day. to say nothing of rides by others I
in the family, f '
His street car fare eosts him per-1
sonaily 32 cents a day. He pays per-1
sonally an Increased fare of 8 cents I
a day or more than f2o a year. His
increase in taxes if; the car riders re- j institution. Hideous diseases unques
lief bills had passed, would have been I tlonably incurred during war service
only 60 cents a year. '
It'wasn't'the big interests and the j
auto riders alone that beat the relief j
measures. They hadn't votes enough I
to beat them. Many a car rider voted
directly against his own Interest by
going against the measures, just as
was done in the case cited above.
The car riders will always harm I
themselves so long as they go on pay-j
ing through their fares the whole cost
of the street car system and in addi-
tion doubly tax themselves by; paying
certain fixed charges which go to t- 3
support of city government; Car fares
are higher than they ought to be and
Will always be hlaher than they ought
to be so long as car riders are thus
doubly taxed. ;
It Is a wrong upon the car riders
and. will continue to be a wrong until J
it is righted,. And when the car riders J
are thus wronged, the city Is wronged, 1
because a city that tolerates V wrong
is harming Itself.ThIs city is wrong
ing itself now by permitting an 8-cent
fare, because; an 8-cent fare means J
more struggle; for those least able to
pav. means more, little , homes in , the
suburbs deserted . for other places
within walking distance of rthe, busi
ness district, means less fresh air for
families, means more children, playing I
in busy streets.
In essence. General Leonard Wood
has answered the imputations , of
Nicholas Murray Butler by declar-1
Ing that ."Ivory Soap" Procter, as his I
campalgn manager was at least 99.44
percent pure, a . I
MORE SIGfiTIiT BY AND BY
U uki L.AINU visitors arriving at tne i
a Union station are ore iud iced
against tne city before they reach
their hotels. They are prejudiced be-
cause their first impression of the j
City ' is" gleaned from brlfboaj-ds and j
tumble down shacks lining Sixth
street from the Union station to Burn-
side. I
You have ran unusually beautiful
city here," a T. P. A. delegate told
a local man Tuesday, "Your buildings
are exceptional for a city of this size,
the residential? districts ; are ' pretty,
but the shacks down by the Union
station give one a bad taste in his
mouth before he gets uptown. And,
in fact, your station ; isn't what it
might be." .
That is the testimony of one Port
land visitor. ; Tnere are thousands
more who reach the same conclusion.
Some are not fortunate enough to in -
spect the residential districts, or even
get to see tne entire business section.
Their impression of Portland is gained
oy a. iw-minute nae uixougn second-
hand stores, soft drink establishments
and unsightly buildings on Sixth.
They, of course, .think Portland is a
lumoie aown city, i nai is tne mes -
sage they. carry abroad. . "
Portland Is unfair to herself.. She
should arrange her clvlo J house; so
that travelers journey through sightly
avenues on arrival, rratner t than
through a lane of dilapidated struc
tures. Her own Indifference ' to ftie
eyesores is responsible T f or their ex-
lstence on one or. tne main tnorough-
fares-- thoroughfare leading from the
station to the hotel, district that is
necessarily traveled by those new to
fortiana.
The station Itself was built in the
nineteenth century It was erected to
meet tne needs or Portland - In the
nineteenth century. ' But a nineteenth
century station is hardly the station
for a twentieth century city. ,
i ne station ana lumDie aown row
of. buildings on Sixth cannot be
enangea mis summer. But some means
should be found to either eliminate
tne snacks on Mxm or the necessity
of. passing them, at the earliest pos -
sible date. ! And in the meantime,
continued decorations will help their
appearaoce ior me crowns that are
io visit i'oriiana m the next two
months. , va
Portland is to be congratulated
on the fact that Bend, Or gatoed
810.3 per cent in population during
10 year and by th census of 1920
is credited -with 5414 residents.
When Bend has 60,000 people, sund
Salem, Eugene, Albany, Roseburs",
Corvallis, Medford, Ashland, Astoria,
The Dalles, Pendleton and Baker,
iu many, Portland will be benefited
In exact proportion : as these com
munities thrive and grow. Their
growth indicates Oregon's develop
rnent.
THE FORGOTTEN.
; V TOT long ago a trio of Portland club
l.l.mM called upon a friend who was
Wng ill and alone in a local hospital
They had Just heard of his sickness
though he had been lying upon a bed
joi pain ior inree monws. ror wiree
montns ne naa Deen witnarawn irom
unusual; activity in the organizations
noid luncheon meetings once a
week, yet he had not been missed by
nls nurrying fellows.
From 40 e description, not a few
portianders will recognize t another
iium, wjio. ny reason oi nis rougu
eloquence, ready wit, stentorian voice
ana undoubted devotion to municipal
affairs,, was in constant demand for
announcements, speeches and appeals
behalf of needy causes. How many
even of those who were accustomed
to call upon him, for uncompensated
service know or realize that for more
than a year he has been withdrawn
from all activities and that it cannot
be more than a few days until
his voice, once so easily heard in the
noisiest room, will be forever si
lenced?
There Is another, a man who for
years has been the executive of a
definitely useful, religiously inspired
(laid him under the surgeon's knife.
sapped the strength from an unusu-
ally strong and wholesome body and
have put him aside where I he looks
lout with longing eyes upon service
he can no longer render. ) How many
of his friends know that this man's
great struggle today is against for
getting how to laugh t
vis it true that the civic worker is
only remembered in his presence and
his service, that his' absence and 111-
jness are unremarked? Is it true that
there are always overdrafts against the
man wno oegins mating deposits in
the account of uncompensated public
duty?
Or are the healthy merely heedless
In their hurry?
Convention delegates will take no
offense and have no difficulty in
reconciling . Portland's open door
hospitality with the bolted windows
land doors advised by the chief of
I police to repel the burglars during
the convention period,
SCHOOL ELECTION- SATURDAY
D ORTLAND votes Saturday
It will be a school election
School houses are the voting places.
Two school directors are to be
elected
A tax of three mills for new school
buildings is proposed
The administration of schools and
the building of schools are vitally re-
lated to the education of Portland
children.
Their education in usefulness " and
good' citizenship and the training of
their powers-of mind are duties so
important as to be sacred.
i 'Whoso hv. inaftf-ntinn nrtMa
Ignores the educationiof the children
has to ' the extent of his influence
hazarded the progress and welfare of
the coming generation
The election of two new directors
to a school board of five members
may chanra the balance and e.hararter
of school administration. Choose care
J fully.
The tax proposed for new buildings
is necessitated because the school
population has far outgrown present
facilities. Who Is short sighted
enough to vote against school rooms
for the children?
The first duty on- Saturday is to
vote.
Little children were playing han
pity together on an unfrequented
street. A motorist approached. In
stead of applying his brake to re
Itard the momentum of the machine
and give the little ones opportunity
to get out of the road, he nut his
( foot on the accelerator. Re struck
J down four of the- children. It
I due to; no virtue of his that they
iWere not killed. Penalties --cannot
protect against auch driving, it is
no- wonder that those who desire
safe streets are eager for the law
licensing drivers to become effective..
PAYING A BONUS
J YHOEVER OT whatever is respon-
f v v . sioie for the United ; States
treasury, having to pay at this time
interest rates as high as 6 per cent on
j short loans' would not be forgiven by
tnose wno no tne country's work if the
I latter once realized that from hours
J of .toll with head or hand the money
for this interest toll must come.1
J These ; extraordinary rates are - de-
I rended. And they are explained,
Every wrong is defended and explained
j oy somenody.
1 They tell us that commercial inter-
lest rates, are high and that the mv.
! eminent must pay exorbitant tolls for
I use of money. They insist that the
1 government with all the . wealth and
j all the" toil and all ? the people of
J America behind it, must pay rates ap-
proacning those paid by speculators
I and stock, gamblers who bet on fu
I tures and take desneratA h
is absurd as shown by this : That
I when Private DeoDle undertake to In-
1 vest in new and high interest-bearing
securities, they are blandly told that;
the Issue is all taken.
And .when the government offers
new loans at enormous interest rates.
the former issues of low interest se
curities are discredited. By every
such new issue, the bonds, on which
the war was fought, and won are sent
lower and lower In the market.
If the government is embarrassed
by financial needs, it-can still appeal
to the people, big and little, as It did
when it had to "have money to fight
the war. ' The people still have faith
in the country that Abraham Lincoln
called a government by the people
and if it Js In straits' f or ready cash
in time of peace, they will back the
nation with their money again as they
did in war.'
It is coming to a pretty pass if the
United - States must pay an interest
rate amounting to a bonus for money
.borrowed from great financial insti
tutions in order to meet. current ex
penses.
RIVER IN LIFE
SAVING ROLE
Lesson Drawn From the Father of
Waters Has All Aptness to the
t Mighty Columbia Syaterd.
. . a Paat-Diaoatch May 28)
A wonderful demonstraCion of river
nafiiini. riven in these days of trans
port crisis, has become a permanent part
of the common experiences Of the people
of the valley. The results of this dem
onstration can : ho more be ienored or
set aside than the results of the great
war can be Ignored or set aside. Esti
mates of river values in the attainment
of varying objectives may change ac
cording to time and circumstances, but
th, id. , alfertitinir estimate entertained
in the days of unemployment and neglect
can never return., What it has done In
past months, what it is doing ; in this
present time of urgent need and what
it is certain to do in the montha of the
near future has made lor liseu an en
Murine nla.ee in "valley consciousness. ;
With the local market almost stripped
of supplies which St. Louis draws from
outside sources and deprivation menac
ing St. Tenuis households, the strong-
rthewed river splashed in with armfuls
of the. things requisite to ; relieve our
immediate - necessities. , V
With an embargo on the things which
SL Loulf - Droduces for all the world
with completed output piling up in stor
age to the point where , suspension of
industry might have been brought near,
the same kindly giant came to our aid.
carryina-' heavy burdens to remote desU'
nations that were clamoring for them.
Suirar Is a' case in point. .Scarcity re
duced exchanges in it to trivial transac
tl6n.' 'Householder often, went, long
distances to be dealt out a pound, even
half a pound, at exorbitant prices. With
almost everyone sharing th inconven
ience of the near famine in this import
ant necessity,, suddenly .the .barge line
brought 2.000,000 pounds of sugar to the
city. WlU we soon forget it? Circum
stances gave its arrival oramatic qual
ity. It coming- in tUe rricK-ot time was
aa the staee pictures relief afforded so
opportunely as to give the hour of need
a happy ending, U'urtnermore. ana per
haps prosaically, it was the biggest lot
of sugar ever brought to this town in
one consignment, and It was the river
that brought it : This was emergency
relief. But in the 60 days succeeding
the opening of the grinding season late
last fall the barge line brougnt 3,wu,
000 pounds of sugar to St. Louis., ; - ' "
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St. Louis new prestige as an automo
bile-making : center began to ' be jeop
ardized. Persona who had sent orders
to this rather than to other centers be
came restive under prdspects of irritat
ing ' delay. Motor cars, ready for their
new t owners. in whfch hundreds of
thousands of dollars was tied up, con
tinued to accumulate on the premises of
the manufacturers. Whereupon dwellers
along the. banks. of the. system of, rivers
r a stent which such dwellers had
never seen before, even in the days of
greatest river traffic and river pros
perity. Power boats went puffing down
towing enormous barges, every one or
which was packed v with long rows of
automobiles hundreds t ot automobiles
In single fleets, so ' many automobUes
caught in one view that the sight of
city streets on great gala nights with
their parked motor vehicles was eclipsed.
Purchasers got the cars. Makers got
their -money. A trade asset in reason
able reliability of supply was protected.
Can the value of such a service, when
other service - of ' kindred nature was
lacking, be computed in dollars alone?
The river. In the unspectacular, plod.
ding role of a burden bearer,, useful as
is mat roie, gains oniy a mow, reiucta.ni
concession of its worth. .The river in
a hero role wins hearts, compels admira
tion, appeals to imagination, even im
presses itself deeply on judgment
The Post-Dispatch, which holds a brief
for o few thing's, holds a brief for the
river. For a - quarter of a century it
has presented the argument for intensive
river use before the tribunal of public
thought. In recent years, and especially
in : recent months. . it has ' continually
pressed the case in all its cogent phases
and assaUed indifference and inertia on
the part of those for whom the river
is the most potential asset. It took the
crisis of a great war and government
cooperation in pursuance of war obiec
tives to bring the instruction of actual
test, to enforce the lesson of what-is
rather than that of the what-might-be.
to apply the moving logic of success in
practical exhibit instead of the possible
success, ox prediction.
'But' a" point has been reached where
the .river pleads its own case. From
its own resounding voice we hear the
powerful argument that overwhelms dis
sent -iaaredulity, obstruction.
To the erowth of modern cities of the
better 'sort, - the paramount centers of
continental trade influence, highly de
veloped facilities of water transport are
as essential, are as much av -matter-of-course-
feature ' as pavements, and
street lighting and traction systems are
essential and matter-of-course features
in .their physical aspects.
. The truth is made very plain In the
story of progress recorded in the census
returns. To advance St. Louis, import
ance among the ports of the world is
the inescapable' duty of the future. As
if increases lrf infrrtabce 4s "a "port,
its importance as a manufacturing, trad
ing, financial center .will increase.
The Journal by Air Houte
From the Seaside Signal.
Th announcement, through," Us repre
sentative, Walter F. Cornweu, that The
Oregon Journal has arranged for an air
service in bringing its evening papers in
to Seaside, marks an epoch in the jour
nalistic field of the Northwest. This big
progressive newspaper is maintaining its
lead On sensing the demands of our
modern civilisation.
It means that the big seaplanes will
soon begin to land in the Necanicum
river between S and 3 :30 p. m. with
copies of The Journal about two hours
after they are off the press. This neva
naser is financing 4he first regular pae-
ertger service between the two Oregon
Po'nta- . v..
This is not an -experiment., iv
proved successful on numerous occa
sions In numerous places. A regular
schedule wlU be maintained. Planes leav
ing Portland with The Journal will ar
rive about 8 0 p. m. each day except
Sunday, and will return to Portland im-
medUtely with passengers. - -
It means that In tne extensive awivor-tising-
of this exclusive Journal service
and the passenger service of the Oregon-Washington
Airplane ' Navigation
company. Seaside will be an , efjtual re
cipient of the results of such advertis
ing. It means bigger crowds than have
ever before been entertained. Hotels,
dining rooms, restaurants and all other
branches of business are going to be
gainers.; ,: i -t
Coming as it does during the lone
series of conventions in the Rose City,
it offers a . further Inducement to the
wealthy visitors to visit the premier
beach center of the Northwest. It means
we can offer more inducement to these
visitors to invest their capital in our
city, which is rapidly - taking its place
with the leading summer resorts of
America.
, All Seaside appreciates the big under
taking and will cooperate in making it
successful. -
Letters From the People
I Communications sent to The Journal for
publication in this department should be writtaa
on only on side of th paper, should not exceed
800 words in lenfUi and must be sicned by the
writer, whoa mail address in full must accom
pany the contribution.
THE j OREGON CITY POACHERS -Oregon
City. June 15.--To the Editor
of The Journal I notice an editorial in
The Journal of June 14. criticising the
courts of Oregon City for the results
of - trials in fishing cases. Only one
fishing case. In addition to the one men
tioned in . the editorial, has been tried
in Oregon City i in two years, except
such as were tried by the court and in
which cases the defendants were ' in
variably convicted and punished accord
ing to the recommendation of the war
dens themselves. In the only case tried
by a Jury, no testimony was given con
necting the defendants with the crime
charged. After the trial it was fully
demonstrated that the' defendants had
no - connection - whatever with the .crime
charged. I assume that The Journal
would not insist that these defendants
should have been punished for something
of which they were not guilty.',
The trial1 mentioned in the editorial
in question took place aa stated, but
why did The Journal leave its readers
to Infer that this trial also failed?
Quite a number of cases have been
brought in this court where, the defend
ants have' weeded guilty, ana in -every
case, except - poslVr one,' the wardens
have been asked for their recommenda
tions, and they have recommended the
minimum : penalty, and- this recommen
dation : has been carried out.
If other courts outside of Oregon City
and other officers have failed in their
duty,' they should, be. criticised , but .the
readers : of . this - paper should not be
left to infer that the courts in Oregon
have been derelict unless an investiga
tion shows that 'such is the Case.
: v ' - : - . L. Stipp.
Justice of the Peace for District " No. 4
(Oregon City), Clackamas. County. Or.
lAt tl time th editorial relatiTa to salmon
poaching in Clackamas county was prepared tb
nartlcnlar orosecu ticn referred to bad not been
concluded, but subsequently Justice .of the Peace
Stlpp, the record shows, unpolled a substantial
fin. It is also the statement of the state
team warden that the difficulties eomplsmed
a in enforcina the law have not been, encoun
tered in the court of Justice of the Peace Stipp
tc much aa in other office of justice in Clacs-
mas county. Th folio wins letter from Captain
A. B. Burshduf f, state (am warden, also com
Dentins on Tb Journals editorial is sell es
rianatonr:
Kimmrn uommtasion or vngm. t'omana, jun
16. 1920. Oreson Iaily Journal, Portland.
Oreeon Gentiemen : Tour editorial of Jan 14
very ably seta - forth some of th difficulties
encountered by th fisn ana game eommimoa
in the enforcement ot - the protectiTe measures
pro Tided . by the state legislature to conserre
ne salmon annul lueir mis nuuu umuiu - u
Willamette , and Clackamas rivers In C
eoun tT.
: I desire to state, however, that ' When our
wardens succeed in bringing violators before a
court of justice and a jwry of unbiased citizens
of Clackamas, that justice haa prevailed. .This
is convincing evidence inai wneo tne iaw-aoKiinc
citixens become converssnt with existing condi
tions a demand for enforcement of the laws
and vigorous prosecution of violators vrQl be
made which' will make impossible the spectacl
of the officials 6f th Clacsamaa Fishermen's
union appearing at th game commission's of
fice, defying the department and openly boast-
in th Clackamaa county court for violation of
tn coae cannot o oDiainea. :
A. E. Bnrghduff.
But Game Warden.
ROSE PETALS FOR PILLOWS A
Portland, June J4.To the Editor of
The Journal Please tell me how : to
cure rose petals for making rose pillows.
- A READER,
f Gather the petals of full blown roses, fsee
them of any insecta, and dry thoroughly in tbe
sun. Rosa geranium leaves or lemon verbena
folia ma ' ba dried and combined with -the
rose petals, as both are refreshingly fragrant.
Some like a little spice dusted through the
petals just before sew jig up the pillow. The
important thing is to see that all petals and
foliage are thoroughly dry before using; other
wise tney will sour and mould.! A A- .
BILLIONS TO BEAT JOHNSON.
Chicago Special to New York World, June 7.
; Here Is a partial list of the represen
tation 'of "Big Business" participating
in conferences at the Blackistone hotel
with political, leaders to bring about the
defeat of Hiram Johnson :
Elbert H. - Gary, head of the United
States Steel corporation.
Herbert Pratt of the Standard Oil
company.
Henry P. Davison and Thomas W. La-
mont of J. P. Morgan & Co.
F. H. Allen of Lee, Higginson A Co;.
big Boston bankers. " : a
W. W.p Atterbury, vice president of
th Pennsylvania railroad.
Horace Wilkinsoh of the Crucible Steel
company. .' ' s-" ; -'' aa - ?
J. a. Kepiogic, rank -vanderllp and
George F. Baker of the banking inter
ests. : - A - W ,.,,.--.,,,;., .- , ;; . ;.
Daniel G. Reid, known as the "Tin
Plate King." - -f";A. . :a-
There is enough money represented
under the Blackstone's roof to pay Ger
many's whole war MIL
THE ECONOMY OF CONGRESS
v From th Syracuse Port-Standard
Clerks in Washington before the war.
87,908; when the war ended, 120,000; to
day, 100,194. How eloquent congress be
comes aa vising us to be economical !
Curious Bits 6f Information
' For the Curious
Gleaned FVom Curious Places
. One of the worst calamities that ever
befell the human 'race was the black
death, ' and the accompanying famine,
which afflicted' all' Western - civilization
during the middle decade of the
teentb century. Its toll has been vari
ously estimated at from ; one-fourth to
three-fourths of the entire population of
Europe, and was not lesa than 20,000,000
persona. .
Olden Orggon
Some Details of the Early History of
, Baker. County.
Baker county was named in honor of
United States' Senator E. D- Baker of
Oregon, who was aiiiea in one of the
early battles of the Civil war.' a The
county , was organised September 22,
18S2. with Auburn as the county seat.
Auburn had beer established by miners
in July. 1862. and incorporated the fol
lowing September. a a tne mines were
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
There are lota of great men until you
get close to them.
.
' Plenty of women do odd things for the
aake ot getting even. .
Mixed - drinks used to be responsible
for many mixed ideas.
. . -
Some men can't even blame cigarettes
for their own failure to make good.
- .- .
It wasn't ' exactly a knockout, but
Dempsey gets the decision anyway. -
Tacoma may also get a 10-cent street
car fare. Probably trying to steal Se
attle's thunder. - t
All the roses we can show the visitors
won't be too many. Portland has a rosy
reputation to sustain.
- The sunolv - of rn, I retmnrtjarl ' tn Ki
low. Sorheo'ne has probably, been tying
uiem u aspiring poirticians.
Be courteous to the strangers in out
mmsi. ineir questions may sound
ridiculous to you. but some day you may
os in a strange city yourseu
Ezra - Meeker, who . hissed a trail
through the western wUderness when it
wats a real wilderness, latter went over
the same route in an automobile, and
now we read that he has taken an air.
plane view of a section of his old "high
way." We'll say that Meeker has ex
perienced the real thrills of the wonder-
ful progress of mankind during the agel
ln which he has lived.
MORE OR LESS PERSON A
Random "Observations About lown
T. T. Munger, forest examiner, and i
Julius Hofmann,' manager of the Wind
River experiment station, went to Seattle
Wednesday to attend the convention of
the American Association for the Ad
vancement of Science, at which they are
both slated for talks before the forestry
section. Munger will talk on "Reoccupa-
tion of Douglas Fir on Prairies and
Brush Fields in th Willamette Valley,"
and Hofmann wUl speak on "Progress
in Scientific Forestry." E. J. Hanslik of
the Snoqualmie national forest and B.
P.. Kirkland of the forestry- school of
the University of Washington will also
speak.. ,
Mayor Hugh Caldwell of Seattle oosed
gently into the Klwanis convention at
Elks temple Wednesday, and slid mod
estly into a seat. His retirement lasted
about 10 seconds. The crowd : was put
next, and Caldwell was the center of
attraction. His mention by Mayor
Baker brought him a great ovaUon.
Caldwell came to Portland with 60 other
Seattle Klwanians. v He will go ' back
Thursday, but will return again In style
Monday, as a Shriner, when he will
travel, a la OlcotL-ln an airplane. Cald
well is a trustee of the Seattle Klwanis
club and is assistant rabban of Nile
temple. , ,
J. Fred . Braid t,' president of the Kl
wanians in Seattle, i advertising man
ager of the Seattle Times, and Is a till!-'
cum or John L. Travis, managing di
tjor, ana or 'uilir'. Harrison, assistant
city editor, both of whom were formerly
of The Journal editorial department.
Braidt accompanied Hugh Caldwell to
Portland.' '
''.'; -"'"'.'
"Folks at Knox vllle, Tenn- believe in
doing a thing up right, and I'm here
for all three conventions, says Klwanis
Organizer Selig of the land of cotton.
Selig has been actively engaged in Kl
wanis . organization work for - over a
year. He was. a traveling salesman be
fore that and he wears a Shrine emblem,
bo he is heie for the two weeks if there's
enough excitement. '
When a minister of the gospel totes
a gun it's best for the fellow he's gun
ning for to keep tinder cover. The Rev.
Mr. Stout of Forth Worth, Texas, ar
rived Tuesday night, with 60 Klwanis
delegates from the oil fields, and some
body who got the bad end of a crap
game let the cat out of the bag that
tbe reverend is a crack shot. Now he's
looking for the fellow who gave the story
to the papers, incidentally, he has the
I whole crowd from Fort Worth sending
lout aiims to tne xoias at nome.
I . . ,....-
Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Reed of Nehalem.
accompanied by Marlon, Ruth -and Juan
Reed, are at . tha Seward hotel, where
they managed to secure accommodations
before, the "standing room only, sign
went up. At the same hotel are Mrs.
B. F.' Swope and daughter of Independ
ence, where Swope is an attorney and
formerly was city recorder. Mrs. W. T.
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
fa seashore eketxh is Mr. Lockler eontribs-i
tion for the day. Tie Is guest of a newspaper
publisher of the vicinage, which publisher and
his father as well tell how they have fared is
Oregon. 1
J. Put a pin Into the map at 48 degrees.
17 minutes and 57 seconds north laU
tude and 124 degrees, 4 minutes and 4$
seconds west longitude ana you win
gnow exactly where I am while - writ
ing this letter. The particular spot is
on North beach, on the Washington
shore of the Pacific, not far from the
mouth of the .Columbia river. o uie
westward, farther than tne eye can
see, stretches the l-aeiiic -ao io iwi
lies the scimitar-shaped shore line of
Dtadman'S hollow, just oiisnore. near
T3.. hunW. the water Is literally
alive with hundreds of thousands of
whale birds feeding on s, Brnai , ins
the size of the saraine. , r armw n
h. uvwii score- of .small , power
boats are trolling for salmon. Above
me tower the massive walls of - North
Head lieht. Far below ana eooui uirw
miles distant lies Ilwaco. AU around
on the tree-clad more sianu Is
spruce and lesser forest growths. A.
K. Pesomen, an old-time sailor hailing
from Finland, and Jtt" J?.,
veara keener of the light, has Just
nhovA, JtnVough the lighthou We
climbed the winding stairway with Mm
and be showed us the 1uP";0"-hP
glass in the : heart of which m th
UhL ., ...
- "This Is a Fresnell light ot the first
order." Mr. Pesomen is ssylnf. ""Th
first light ordered was losV at
.1. 1- chin on which it was
being brought around the Horn to the
Oregon coast. This was brought around
the Horn about 1855- wa. wy
order of the secretary of the treasury
and from plans furnished by the light
house board. W. A- i
tenant in . the United States navy was
the one who superinteprt its inata.U
tion. It was made ty,',.
Co. in Paris In 184. Right down there
on tb ragged rocks S
the Governor Moody pn -Thl"
used to be a stationary f hu n"
haa been converted it revolving
There are four in oof 1 fiiB
Purdin. editor of th u
is host. His .sister A"1? Talnt bl
worked out. Auburn ddined land in 1888
the county seat was removed to Baiter
City by vote of the people. In 187Z a
portion of Grant county waaeadded to
NEWS IN BRIEF
SIDELIGHTS
The new 135.000 building Jor Vnlon
High school No. 2, at PXloi wk
completed, i .
r. . V im--a iri Matl-Trlbune I
says, bids fair te break h Jun record Kxamlnations have begun at the ITnl
of many years past. i lXfrH'ty ?' Oregon and will continue
-.i ,.-.- ..." 1 through Vr Hv
-Cars! from the. north says th Gold 1
here laden with illicit, boos, out now
hx"ff. booueggmg' U fh Popuur di-
Version.'
3 '
Riddle is reported as; duddiihi o
with prperity. On L vry suae can
hear talk spout a . w ''-
LHKKiiiK rH 'w ,.t- ' l
Pacific highway .
Th. I. iiva.lv to be Ino shortage of I
school Uachers In, Crook county for the
coming school yeV' "'noia
Myera reports iwo-uuiub v .Ai I
already supplied ana application
ily coming in. . , i I
i. .,x. .nn.t aool meeting held In
"-",'-"Y V I riWrlrt Willi"""" "yriia wreeK.
Lr13,m. .VT" 'fi?.nla a fine new
phool buildinsr.' which U offers for the
use of the b&h school . I
t If was alrnnat Imnosslble
for th forest, service 4r,,n"P.2
the Roseburg region because of the hlrh
wages paid by otnerronceiTis..
road contractors.! This; year, however,
the News-Kevlew says, many ex-"frvic
SrtakTn
forest service and are being sent out to
build . trails and fight frea.
Eakin and daughter Eleanor of Astoria I
are Seward hotel guests.
Mr. and Mrs. D. 12. Whittle and daugh-
irr ana sirs, nirs nayier m muu arc
.v uio vincuun uoiei,t mrs. 1 nsjier vv i
attena eastern star xerBmoniais ana the
wnuues as convention visitors, xne
uauas folk arc not acquainted with one I
another,' however, in spite of th fact
that Mrs. Hayter's nam follows the
others on th reglsterii The Whittles,
so It happens, are front Dallas, Texas,
and Mrs. Hayter from Dallas, Or.
. - . -
Texas' .two heavyweight T P, A. men
are D.-W. Borland of gan Annto and
Don L. Sterling of Galveston. Borland
erling of Gafveston. Borland
ic ,T,.j. n,lii.,ai..ii..
15 pounds, while -Sterling Ups
at 245. . II
- - a - t
iv.. mc j ,i.i, . a, n
WVIStM
the scales
A1 am a darn
ii .ii Vi.t
Bv.j.... ""lDeing Duilt by Ulympla cltlzenH. la nor.
ga aneaa witn your story; am us-
Lenmg, is uie laocripuan Jtmei jv, i.sr-
ney. T. P. A- press chairman of Mobile,
Ala., carries on his cares.
. ..:; , 'a -
Everyone wondered what was the mat
ter with H. C. Jarrel bf Dallas. Texas,
when he deserted his TjJ P. A delegation
and acted contrary to'Sinstructions said
to have been given the boys before they
left home. Jarrel said this is his "honey-
. ,i t,- t h. w,n
- " riv . -
" w.. . .v. ....
borne state. j p , i
l.i- "V.. J- '
At the Imperial hotel, enjoying them-
are Mrs. J. IS. Kuykenaail ana Mies Bar -
bara Booth of Eugene. - Mrs. A. It
Purdy of Corvallis. accompanied by Miss
Margaret rower or raid Alto. cai are
also Imperial' guests, a
; :
A fat and sassy, commercial traveler
has been stricken from the rapidly grow-
Ing list of the Multnomah hotel. The
fat boy, not, .by any means a member of
theT. P. A-which is m convention here.
hnunrt hi rotiirwl wv thenne-h tha
Mnniui inkhv an ,t h juir AmmwAA
a room with bate and about 1150 square
vi weinif'w iwm. - a uern. rceuauicu
a smiie witn every sample room m tn
piace crowoeu wim cots to taas car ot
the overflow in convention visitors. It
Is probable that the disappointed trav-
eler will not make Portland acrafn. for
be declared that If he could not get ac -
v,. ,w .." i
.1 , . . . T. . . -"o iiulci
on nis list ana ui .uit noteis are in the
sam predicament, . f
i '"' '
r on norm sent, a pig aeiegauon to tne
Ktwanis convention. They have a autr
tet and have sung InV competition with
coyotes and other wi4 animals so long
they sure have some' noise. They have
a quartet, too, that gained popularity In
tne notei aining room.
Joseph C. Felletler. supreme advocate
of the Knights 'of Columbus, will arrive
June 23 to spend the day, according to I
advice received by the general passenger!
department or the O-W. R. St N. Peiie
tier is traveling by .private car to the
jemocratie national convention.
Lockley
father MahUn , Purdin, and L are' the
sucoiav !..- . . . . . .
uii we walkd along the edge of the
bluff, watching for seals to bob up in
the Water at the foot, of the cliff, Mr,,
Purdin told me of hfr boyhood In Ore-
mvu. ... .
1 ' came - to Portland in 1B1 .oitlunlted States like the border pet ween
Mr. Purdin. "vh.n t ..
. . - ' " ' -
x a went to Central Point to
work at my - trade as a blacksmith,
Skater 1 moved to TC-La Tnln h...
my son Lvnn h,H t.n r.t.. r
went . jo, jqearord. , That was. along
about 1883. In 1878 I used to hunt
jacKraDDiis tnrough the - brush where
saeaiora now jstands. At that time
there , wasn't ' a house there. -1 studied
law of evenings and; was admitted to
tne Dar in 1 800, -and' have practiced at
aaeaiora ever si nee. EI have 10 rhll.
dren. My daughter Angle, here, mar
noa a. f. Talent,- tf"0" grandfather.
a. m. . isienw was maiiainer ana round
er or the town of TJ aent."
--.A' id .
. Later Lynn Purdin told ma hnw h
happened to break -into the newspsper
ousmess. ' rjt was - th movies that
made a newspaper Owner out of me,"
ne . saia. ,- -i - was graduated from the
Medford high school Jn 1898. I worked
as a printer's devil on the Medford Mail
while going to school. I learned to set
type, but 'standing at the .case sticking
type oia not appeal to me: so i hit the
road with Georgia Harper. We played
an i over the west. We played ."The
Count - of Monte Criato,' and also
Shakeeoerean roles as well aa light com
edy. When the movies cam in we
went out. I found that my old trade of
sticking type would still buy" pork chops,
so I went back to th -case. I bought
the Gold Hill News. . When I left. Rex
Lampman took it, and later his brother
Ben, who, by the way, la a mighty good
newspaper man, fan U. Later I secured
the Globe at Central Point, going from
there to Ashland as mechanical superin
tendent of the Ashland , Record. I bought
this paper last month and from what I
have seen of the. North Beach district I
think there is a moat unusual opportun
ity, for development here. : Cranberries,
salmon, timber, dairying; commercial
fishing, the summer resort business all
are as yet undeveloped, and have great
possibilities of expansion.'!
Baker. Baker City was laid out under
th United States town site law by R. A.
Pierce. The city dropped the "City"
from the name some years ago.
The Oregon Country
Northwest Bappenincs in Brief Form lor th
Busy Header.
OREGON NOTES
The Linn Cminrv .1ruv r I tl ii,k
will have an erhliilt !-.,. at v'm v.it.vin.
June 24.
The descendants nf VAAar v. t urol
xibanv Jun
Altoy.
will hold
a reunion at
19.
witKiiii ejxrieci in ten in tha v. M I" A
wiiornce at seabeck.
Reports from MeEwen. in Baker onun.
p. say large numbers of rattle are dyin
" irom an unknown cause.
. T.h fiftieth anniversary of its nrran.
. "5 D,?p.n celebrated by Blanoa
."s. -. and a. m of Marshfield.
in , Den a ,0,a' or oT "B
" ' iipnn inm wmk, wun
Vropcis or more before the week enda
."''tin Duncan, a young man of
Ii.?!" ""''I th
A fund of 1447 has been annortioned
to Klamath and Lake oountion by the
"7a" work council of tbe Y . M.
C. A., to be used In ablating ex-servlc
men in securing their education.
LVn enlltd men of the aviation corps
of the army, several pllotn. four civilian
ooservers. a lialeon officer and a nunilur
0f guards win be stationed at KuKene
th) t9 season.
it Is announced. At present pleasure
cars are allowed only one gallon at a
, n. trucKa are given
two-thirds of their normal consumpUon. -
Eighteen trains carrying .Hhrlners en
route to Portland will pneis through
uoBPDurs ins latter nart or th un-u.
A committee of women has ' been ap
pointed to meet the trains and nronent
every passenger with roaes and. other
flowers.
WASHINGTON
Hoarding of gasoline by auto owners
f im.i -.- , . . . t.
snortage at walla Walla.
The new Elks temnie .t nivmni. win
be dedicated June 26. An elaborat
program . is. being prepared
The city council of Ellen-burn, has
created a park board to regulate the
conduct of the new tourist camping sit
on the J"" river.
Mnvlh2 have been farming on Eu-
reka flat for years nay that conditions
?Zrtbl tor a bl crop than
ani tlnie n their memory.
Cntralla buslneHS men have launched
nce"li:a'.5UB'nlH" Jnen 4hav hiu.nc7!:d
an organized campaign to recruit the
national guard tank company aligned
to that city to full strength.'
a rrva - ".t . ...
n organizea campaign to recruit the
I uirmpis, ins new do room noiei
ing completion, and wlU probably be
upon lor Duainess next week.
Bids will be opened Julv 12 for tha
third time by the state highway com
mission for Improving 1V4 mllee of high-'
way in Eastern Lewis county.
Gasoline bootlegging has reached mir-h
tage at Yakima that members of th
MotoJ Dealers association are conHlder-
"""-j'.
1 ne contract for piers for the nro-
ppsea Moxee Driage across the Yakima
I river has been let by the board of -oun-
. Tv commissioners or Yakima county to,
the Union Bridge company for $22,987. 5
I , - .,.11 .( , ..... ...... . I
Klmlra Paradis, living near yaklma'.
1 senting tne total or tne allotments h
snouia nave received wnn her son'
Ernest was in the world war service.
IDAHO
I The soaking rain which fell at Mod.
cow Sunday insures a big crop of grain,
in tn opinion or oia farmers.
J. F. Messenger of the Unlvemlty- of
Vermont has been elected dean of the
?:h00' education of the Unlverelty of
I laaftO-
1 The Coeur d'Alene Chamber of Com-
Uvor of th(s changs from Pacific to
i Mountain time.
A- the reRuH of a qu,rrel at Cosmos
I iandlng on Uk Coeur d'Alene. Adrian
1 Callahan, a logging contractor. Is dead.
"d Kufus lryln is under arreat. Irvln
"u,lcu -
l . In' the second Idaho scoring contest
I for dairy products at Moscow, me 1'rn
I d'Oreille Creamery company at Hand-
oolnt was first In butter, w th an avrr-
I age of 93.8., In the cheese contewt K.
I Graham of Rupert was first with a scor
I of 4.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
I reckon we need to doctor up our di
rect primary law consld'able 'fore w
can trust any more Innocent young fel
lers , like Wallace McCamant to keep
their vor nd pledge to the people,
Down on the Braxos river one time w
got up a cotton club and turned over ail
our cotton to a smart young lawyer.
named Gavin McKyie. who went to Eng
land to sell It fer spot cash on a pledge
to divide aceordln' to each fellers cot
ton out in. He sold out, all rtgni, aw
ritht. but rot into- a game with I he
PHn nt Walea and went broke . tryln'
to git us the reserves or the nana i
England. Wallace Is too young and too
honest-minded to trust outer Oregon
playln' poker with them ' Innylvany
and New York political snarpcrs.
A SIMPLE SOLUTION
. from th Toledo Blad.
rrhresron says h would like to make
the border between Ms country and-the
rmait. and the United Hlates. Well.
1 . . : . ..... , u -
I the same Kina ot peopw nv .... .
the Mexican border as live south of the
1 Canadian border. NOW, II ne can iiv-
the same kind of people south or
th Mexican boroer mat nvo
j the Canadian border the puzzle will
have been soivea
Huge Figures Required to
Give an Idea of the
Salmon Industry.
Here Is a problem In mathematics.
Or perhaps It Is a puzzle. If 14 hatch
eries and egg taking stations In Ore
gon release 60,000.000 fingerllng eal
mon't year, and If there are 80 can
neries with an Investment of $20,000,
900 that packed last year 600,000 ae
worth $8,000,000, how many salmon
swam in from the sea and up the
river Into the cans?
The figures above are -confidently
said not to be hypothetical but actual,
and, incidentally, they disclose a
great Industry. '
Tbe salmon seems to be a born
traveler, whether in water or tin.
The very first thing the fry from the
spawning beds or th fingerllngs
from the hatcheries do is to go travel
ing. They start toward the sea
backwards. The extremely simple
philosophy which governs them in
keeping their heads up stream 'Is that
by so doing the current not only
eaves them the trouble of swimming
but brings food to them. When they
come back, or, rather, when the sur
viving one or two per cent of all that
are batched come back, from the sea,
there is some miraculous Instinct of
the cell that guides them into the very
river whence they emerged and al
most back to the riffle wher they
were spawned. '
But the salmon Intercepted by nets
and hooks are put Into cans or are
salted and begin their world travels
all over again, receiving the mont
eager of welcomes . wherever people
enjoy the finest food fish In the
world the Royal Chinook salmon.