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Tile OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY, -JUNE 19, iS20: AM f!t)ePKNDENT NEWSPAPER ; C. a JACKBOM. ......... Pblber ' IB calm. be confident, b ebaerfnl 4 4o nnto othera ymt would hay them do nto yog. Published eeery wrrk day ,nl Snndiy rnormnc. at Te Journal BuiMidi. tfro0J w hlU ttreet,' Portland, Orrgon. ; Entered at the Poetoffkse at Portland, Oreean, for tnnamiaaioD thraucb the eaaila aa aecond cl&aa natter. - -t . TiXEPHONES .lain 7173,. Automatic 60-61. AU departments reached by thaw, nnmbera. jrOKEIUN ADVERTISING BKPHESENTATIVB Iiei.jamin Km Lour Co., Bronewlck Baildinc. 22l rifth tmsw, Raw Torkj 00 Mailers Kuimioic. cntcaco. -- - ;- THi. CHKOON JOURNAL reaerrea the rtabt to rajee. tdTerUaias copy - wnics n oanue w leeUonible. . It alio will not print " eopy : that la any way aimulatea readlns matter or that cannot readily be recogniseU aa adrer- BDB8CB1PTIOI BATES By earrter, city and country, tiati.v iKn simnir . 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TO HONOR. pHE appeal by President Wilson for A the San rranclsco convention to be definite, clear and specific In Its declarations of principle Is a welcome note. ; Why straddle? Why attempt to be on both sides of issues? Why write platform planks . that one voter can persuade himself as meaning one thing and another believe that it means the opposite thing? . If party managers are willing, to deceive and dupe the people in a plat form declaration, what else will they do but deceive and dupe the people after election? If those managers are not open and , square in writing t a platform, how can they be expected to be open- and square in writing laws? -'. It is one of the great defects in the party system that party managers and managing men deliberately practice deceit .and dishonesty in official state ments of party principles. They de liberately attempt to humbug, and do succeed In humbugging, large num bers, of people. If great parties thus set the example of humbug and chi canery, the effect is to teach citizens unmorality. If'a platform plank means one thing to one man and another thing to an other man. it is a dishonest 'plank, and that dishonesty seen and noted throughout the nation teaches many people to believe that it is admissible to be dishonest in politics, an effect highly destructive to democracy and a powerful asset to (hose who profiteer out of dishonest politics. ; ; The league plank of the" Chicago platform is, for example, a no-league plank. It mouths about an agreement to be made some time in the future. It is a plank that delights, every pro- German in America, that Is highly an-, proved by many a man who had to be watched by the loyal citizens, of this country and by the authorities of this country when we were in -the stress and travail of war. Thousands of men who want a League of Na tions will read its va?ue, two-faced and ambiguous language and I claim that it is a League of Nations plank. - To them the fact that Borah- and the other battallon-of-death irrecon . cilables indorsed it, and threatened to bolt the convention and the party If a plank favoring the League of Na tions were adopted,Avill mean nothing. Every utterance in the San Fran cisco platform should be definite, clear and specific. Every plank should say what it means and mean what it says. There should be no straddles," no hum bug, no decHt. When there is honor and honesty in party utterances, there will be grater safety for the nation and less Bolshevism among the people. If party managers deliberately de ceive the people in the party platform, they inlvUd to deceive the people after election. by The golden rule ' A HOME for aged. ... respectable, white bachelors and widowers is to be established in New Jersey. It will be erected by order of, and with funds lelt by, Marcus L. Ward, a de ceased Newark miDionalre. Mr. Ward had been a bachelor for 74 years.- That was the length of his life. He died' in a Newark club that had been his home. The home is to house men who "through misfortune may i have lost the means .they - once had for their own support and have become wholly 4 (WHEN LEAGUERS COME R.,E."HERRICK,-a farmer of Barlow, Or., write The Journal respecting the troubles of farmers. Because his letter is unusually interesting it is given place in full here. He says: I have been reading- with keen interest your series of articles entitled, "When Lecguers Come." -1 admire your frankness and your attempt at a strategic move to thwart the movement- How successful you are time only will tell- Pe.ronally I believe you will fail, because it is history , that the "House of Have' never rave up anything willingly. Whatever the socalted big business men mty now do will be Insincere, be only a concession, and be only a sop to avoid losing less of their opportunity to fleece the producer and consumer. - The so-called State Taxpayers' league is arousing interest la the-movement-Interest that would cost much money and time to develop. And when the farmer and laborer hear so much opposition from the Taxpayers' league they are naturally curious why the opposition takes so much brotherly Interest in them now, some thing they never -manifested ' before. Then the farmer and laborer are eager to hear the message. In circulating around aluiiL mrhm f rmr a r s airlrtcr about the league, what has It done, what Is It doing- and what can it do in Oregon? And all are anxious to join. Perhaps I should say many. -' - unaer the present rules of the game, (I know this because I am farm i n a- mat proauces ana sells lor what the other fellow may be Id a mood to pay. Tour business men buy- at a certain price or cost and sell at a profit- My neighbors and I may raise a croD of loudi and haul them int noriut. nA ih. riam i.r. comparatively few along side the producers, offer whatever they may think ; J , , , 1 F" luseuicr u m a price, ana we runes must sell, itignt nere X should add that the holdine of erona naait thM harviwt tlm. nnt finninr tu bmkuuiiuiie wwva auTone can do. nowanr. ina v.ri r. rarmAf no.n'T ttm ntro i XO dO it. , :i- .J.,:" r: , ou talk of class hatred, strife, etc. agO. We Want tO settle it. . Thu morrVllint. h.iMt ha A tlrnle lnmM lhl. Mm. merclal clubs and other clubs, and all has been merry. They have elected their men and gotten emnh.atlca.llv the penult thv atA rtnt rtiv . ui mum i. iu iv per cent oi uie people, viuiiieiil uwi frui zjresent me aa .o pu in Linn county uiacKamM we nave farmer nominated to represent us In the . Iei.w wer lucky to get one farmer.) e,vt.uB,K euvxen. nneuier tner tt re matters not. We know It to be a fact that the only way we, the laborers and farmers, can get nearer Justice is through organization. And to date the National iin-iiiun league oxters me Dest avenue. Therehas been mention made of the fif i i farmer, and of his working shorter hours. In other words, that w ci uui u njinmva out that the farmer getS 17 for the wonl in tailor or workman in a hiar oJnthiner faMnre o-t l , em, Ki. ivr in m.irinn- .v.. --;r. iimiir noun a.n inej K nne too much, but rather the nor laborer ge7ts? . 7 T' Or With BDUda The farm era enlrl fnr UIU WUVUSaJIUa SX IS". 1 I rtrRltSWI la wltflr ollle t ta 7 - 7 v 1. wno gets ue tremenaous airrerencei zou can go anvn t. Ht f kmifIv u ,h., ,k. i .- lutle' wh" the consumer pays big. And that. will be the tie that wui bind us when the votes are counted. . . . - Have not all 'the ends this farmer seelut been attained in California through iarmers cooperative organizations? All the information that comes from derrick eomplaips in Oregon have been system of that state has, been reformed, has a seat In the Produce Exchange. riees are stabilized. The farmer for the next year. His profits are assured. He has money in the bank. vThe communities are prosperous. It was tive marketing associations. The new situation in California was struggle. Nor Is the state Investing money by the million in all manner of activities that I are usually ; privately conducted. Is the average politician. aiways running ior onice, a agement oi jarge state owned mercantile, milling and like enterprises? s Muca-raai wr. unerncK points out Farmers do little or no, legislating in 6ii m as memDers in the legislative But why not? The farmers are Jn ii not ne, tnen, mat tbey do not seek wuum ub oener u more iarmers served m the legislature. There need be no fear that they would bring disaster upon the state. Their farms, their homes, their firesides would be at stake. Farmer legislators would be the iasi peopie in tne world to Imperil them. In any event they would not pass "midnight resolutions" or like measures of stealth and cunning. Mr. Cherrick says the Non-partisan league offers the only effective farm ers organization. How about the California, organizations? If, as we are told and as The , Journal firmly believes, all that the Non-partisan league seeks has "been accomplished 4n California outside of politics is that not the better, way? - xs it not the way of least risk? - . Is It not the way of least cost and greatest peace? - ' r It cannot be conceived that it. would be advisable for this state to plunge into a system of state socialism. Whether true or not, there are many state ments .that the experiments in North Dakota have been very costly to the taxpayers. Large sums in bonds have been voted and other sums in taxes have been collected to finance these state-owned undertakings. It means prh lio debt created, and further means that the enterprises established through this public debt must be operated successfully or there will be heavyj loss In the long run, politicians usually, worm their way into control of such things. : ; Oregon cannot afford to take the chance. : . . i ' i or partly ; unable to support them selves." They must be- at least 60 years old ' and have : resided in New Jersey for 10 years. They must be white and respectable. - . Here and there in spots the good gospel of the golden rule shows more and mbreactlvity in the social order. Jay Stevens," formerly Portland's fire marshal, has a photograph of a swathed and bandaged hospital pa tient who acquired his : burns in touching off several gallons of gas oline ; that he might collect ; the In surance on his house. Unfortunate ly for the Incendiary, he had over looked what would have proved the more productive device of accident insurance. Would or would it not be poetic justice if -every person who sets an incendiary fire should fall intO it. " PAYING A BONUS GAN there be satisfactdry explana tion for the high interest rates on short time Joans floated this week by the treasury department?., : Six per cent and 5 are the rates! The certificates", were : snapped up in nuge Clocks' by. big interests before the public had time to. hear about the issue. : ; The loan was offered on Monday and by Wednesday $400,000,000 had been taken, -Small buyers were given no opportunity to Invest One series bears 5 per cent and falls due January 1, 1921. .The other bears 6 per cent and is payable June 15, 1921. Small investors could find no more attractive investment Back of the securities are the power and property and all the resources of 110,000,000 people. On deposit in the banks and savings institutions of the country is a staggering sum. the money of big depositors and little. But tney were given no sufficient notice about the loan and had no time for making arrangements to invest. . .The haste with which the loan was subscribed by big Interests is alone evidence that Interest rates were un necessarily large. Being unnecessarily high, these generous interest payments ougni in an fairness to have been made available to t all the' people, wf ine people came to the rescue in the great crisis. They brought lout their savings and turned them over to the country through Liberty loans, i i egaraiesa oi ine low interest rates. in loans now to be issued at h ic-h rv profitable interest rates, they- should be given the first chance. Hereafter, no government sepiirtn0o should be offered on a plan undor which the entire issue can be taken in uuffB oiocks oy big Interests within farming- is losing- a poor game at the best. The farmer la tha nnlv twnnn T knhw nt - .- . Brother, the blsr bovs stirred It un lona- now we are striving to achieve a gov per cent. - " v . three lawyers, one banker and one legislature this falL (Supoose we ought The big business interests have a way nrranncn rr nine tnrnnrii rare it .-.-.. city laborer getting pal more money opposea. senator uapper oi ivanaas says a hnnitre' rintlae enlfe Xfer naekona .. larmer to mate It. BtUi the worker is farmer too little. What I and thousands T " ., .7- ,T t 11 111 n 9 la fell an ... . - aliMIt .. V W ft e axvl!.-. hka. " " 7. . .w " " there is' that the Ills' of which Mr. eliminated in California. The market A representative of the farmer can depend upon them. He can nlan all accomplished through the coopera brousnt about without a bitter class sare man to be charged with the man as handicap to agriculture Is true. this state. ; Mighty few. of them ever body. the majority in most counties. Must seats An the legislature? : ; a few days with the public unaware that a great bonus is being paid by government to those who are sub scribing for its securities. : An, 1 1 -year-old boy was run down and injured by a mail truck Thurs day. He is reported to have i ma. tained severe internal Injuries. The driver of the truck was not only proceeding with defective brakes, but be cut the corner at the time of the accident It- would seem that the United States government .would be the first to eliminate ? reckless drivers, yet mall trucks f are fre quently reported as violating tho tramc laws. Why do local govern ment officials not' weed out those drivers who jeopardize the lives v of tne public?: , . A FORTUNE IN PENNIES THE people of the United States nOW USA VI ffmoa : . coins as they did five :years ago. The treasury was called unon for inm. 000 pennies a year in the period be tween 1908 and 1915. Sixty million have been sent out . each month since last July. ; Fifteen- times as many pennies are now employed in a single month as in, an entire year a few year ago. me country formerly demanded 28, OOQ.000 nickels annually. Now inn. 000,000 are. required to meet the needs oi ine nation. T( iilrn, 4M 1 . ' v.v fcuuira 10 : weign a pouna. a month's coinage amounts to 500,000 pounds, which would load 125 big drays. A freight train a half miie long would be necessary to haul a year's output of the little cop pers, and not a railroad engine in existence could pull the train up a per cent grade. A 100 pound bag would carry 7300 uicaeis. , ;r .; Seventy-five weigh a pound. To carry a year's output of nickels laon such bags would be necessary. They wouia mi toe rour-tonucks. The luxury tax is held resonnaihiA for the mcreased use of small coins. Theatres, ? cigars, soft v drinks, and other articles listed as luxuries now require; the use of pennies. Coppers have; been used for years on the At lantic seaboard, but a penny was al most unseen west of the Rocky moun tains prior to the last few years. Even on this coast they are now in general use. - , . . " Another interesting feature of small coin manufacture is that few of the coins come back to. the treasury. Larger -denominations are frequently redeemed, but people are careless with pennies and lose them. There : Is a J fortune in. lost pennies lying about in Uie United States. r3 And fortune awaits those who save pennies. - . . , . An exchange, says: 'There is the egg peak, the Jautter peak.' the milk peak, the meat peak, the bread peak, the fruit .peak, the potato peak, the sugar peak, the shoe peak, the hat peak, the clothing peak, the laundry peak, the coal peak the rent peak and a host of other peaks. We can't see anything but peaks. - What has become of the good old valleys we used to have ?" We know. They are in our pocket books. :K "DISCREDITED AND FRIENPLESS" v Republican Party Tells Truth In Say ing This of America, and It Solely Is' Responsible lor the fact :.. -.: From the New- York World "Our government stands discredited and friendless among the nations of the world," declares the Republican- party In Its national platform. This Is . true. tragically true, and the whole moral and nolitical resnonsihtlitv rests unon jl Tie. nublican senate. - The United States emerged from a victorious war with a power and pres tige such as no nation in all history had ever attained. The American people were the masters of the world in - the noblest - sense In which such - mastery can ever be achieved, for they were the moral masters. ; In addition, they were the dominant political and economic force. . t : - - ": v .. They " still ' held this unique position when President Wilson returned from France tQh.the treaty of peace that had been signed tt Versailles. In - spite of all the conflicting interests that had to be reconciled, in spite of all tha racial jealousies of centuries that bad to be adjusted, the conference agreed upon a treaty of peace and a covenant of the League of Nations. :- Germany accepted this treaty. ; All the other belligerents accepted it-; The United States alone rejected It, and it was rejected because a Republican senate refused, for partisan reasons to ratify any i treaty of peace negotiated by President Wilson. At a time when the White man's civi lization Is banging in the balance,-at a time when the guiding--and sustaining influence of the United States is the last - hope of the world, a Republican national convention deals with the treaty Of peace In the; spirit of ward politics and leaves , the war stricken nations of Europe weltering iir- their agony. ' ' Of course the United Statu "VtonH. discredited and friendless.' It could not be otherwise in the light of the senate's recoreu wnen Russia, Under the sinister leadership of Lenin and Trotzky, be trayed the allies at - Brest-IJtovsk th Bolshevik! at least had the excuse that Russia was politically and ecDnamimiiv exhausted and had no recourse except to make a separate Deace with nmunv There is - no excuse whatever for the senate. There nevercan be any exeuse for .what the Republican national con vention has done at Chicago. Onlv , Party blinded by - hatred. : onlv n narfv insane with malice could be, canahio nt vhis supreme oetrayal which by com parison gives a certificate of high char acter ana noDie motives to Lenin and ;.: - ' The treaty of peace nlank that -Wae adopted at Chicago was not the careless compromise of 1 bewildered factions. It is tne proauct of a conanirar-v nf . publican senators who agreed in Wash. ingwn weeaa ago what thev wrmM Ar. and carried out their: comnact t ,, vnicago convention. All ntn.. r utuiig conceraea merely with the "Amer. icanisatlon" of the league covenant Is woe. ,ven the Lodge reserva tiona are abandoned. .., itcyuuimui oariy . wrannn onm- mitted against the treaty of peace. It "UU1U commmea against the only League of Nations in existence and the only league on which the great naUons have ever. been able to r t i cheated the living and defrauded the m tne most horrible of all wars. 'J- 'l poucies are to prevail the United states will remain . ii.. u rrtendless amoiur . the natinnn f tu- world" in the final ini)imnt . and will, richly deserve its full measure vt. isuuminy ana shame. Giving the Lie to Lodge as to League's Terms What a Committee of the American Bar Association Said of It" From tha Aatoria Barieet. Now that Senator Lodge and his other senatorial treaty killers have worked their will upon the platform committee of "anjonai convention and have i suc ceeded in placing their party on record against the treaty and the league en the grounds that they threaten the life, lib erty and independence of this country, it cannot come amiss tot take, testimony from some men outside of politics on th. I question of what ratification of the weav woiua mean, -.-pit- :,; j The American Bar association, com posea or tne x lawyers of the United atates, named a special committee to examine the League of Nations covenant and report back. . The report was ex haustive. This committee COUld Tint f I rut in the language of the covenant any of me menace ana danger with -which Sen ator Lodge and others have been trying to frighten the people. 1A recent Issue ofi me ; tjea momes Kegister, the , leading Republican paper of Iowa, contains the toiiowmg extracts Irom the committee report; - : .. . "Your committee is of the'nnininn !).. the treaty, including proposals for a league oi in ations, should be ratified witnout amenamenc The world is anx lous to return , to a more settled cnnrii. tion. If amendments are proposed - by the United States, other governments wouia unaouDteaiy propose amend ,..uu,, eim iv it uniiKeir mat a second conference could produce a more saiisxaciory treaty. Reservations which make changes in the provisions of the treaviy are m eilect proposed amend ments, and therefore reiect . tha ( In the opinion of your committee, the treaty snouia ne unqualifiedly raUfied for the reason that none of the changes suggested Aa ot such importance as to " u recung i tne treaty or tne aeiayi ana risk involved in its resub mission to the conference. Instead of attempting to amend it at the present peace conference, -it should be amended efter ratification in the manner provided by Article XXVI of the covenant. "The league is not a surer neither Is it a United States of the world. It does not nrovide for tha ing of taxes nor for the conwrintinn e an international army or. navy. "The proposal is not internationalism, if internationalism be defined to mean the obligations of national life and inde pendence, but a league of states. "We are among the nationn of 5 h woria, associatea with them whether we will or not. It is better that the associa tion be organized in a league intent upon peace than it be unorganized preparing for war. "The proposal does not attempt to B0 too far and so Invite failure, and it goes far enough to give assurance' of an earn est effort : at cooperation In promoting good will and peace. "The plan is the best that the repre sentatives of iZ signatory powers at the conference could agree upon. "The league is justified in setting its face against war In that It provides other means for attaining liberty, jus tice and security. "It puts a curb upon the worst and gives opportunity for expression of the beet In human nature. "The -United States runs little risk in becoming a member of the league, for it is given a. permanent piace at the conference of both the council and as sembly, whose action on aU matters must be unanimous." , j : Letters From the People Conjmunlcationa aant to The Journal for publication in thla department should be written on only ona aide of tha paper, ihouid not exceed 300 words in length and mint be aimed by tha writer, whoee mail eddreaa ta full muat aceoa saoy tha contribution, i . THE TREATY'S HIGH PLACE La Grande, June 15. To the Editor of The Journal The article published In The Sunday Journal on page 7. section 4. under the caption, "Failure of Treaty juamented . by Ida McGlone Gibson." is the best piece of campaign literature I hav " 11 ought to be published on J the front --page in several numbers of 1 The Journal as the campaign advances Her description, as eye , witness, of the signing or the peace treaty and the im pression it made upon her as the mother of an only son who served three years in the Bloody struggle, cannot be gain said. It drives the conviction home to our hearts that this thine was of God Almighty, and therefore ought to be re spected and honored by all men as such. A Subscriber. : THE S-CENT FARE Portland, June 15. To the Editor of The Journal The 8-cent fare serves the people of this city right. If the people are going to-dictate and run the affairs of the streetcar company, then It is time for them to takeover the streetcar. sys tem and run It on a basis of actual running expenses. Corporation rule is rotten to the core, but if we are simple enough to live under that rule, then one corporation should have the same privilege as another. We don't dictate the rates of other : corporations, i : The whole thing in a nutshell ta to pay what the company charges, or buy it out. Then -we should find but what, rates were required. Some say this would be a burden on the taxpayers. The 8-cent fare is a. burden not : only to the tax payers but everybody : else. The great profiteering of corporations will force Socialism In America. E. A. Linscott WHEN LEAGUERS COME Portland June 12. To the Editor of The Journal H. L. Anderson seems to feel very bad about the. North Dakota Non-partisan r league, bjit when those elevator and milling hogs of Minneapolis told the farmers to go home and slop their pigs they got their foot into it. Now they are going" to build a" 8000 barrel mill at Grand Forks and a 1,000,-000-bushel. elevator. Such has been their progress . since they have started their drive for right and justice We all know that neither, the banks nor the rest of the high " profiteers like it very well, but they would like to put them In the hole just the same as they have the farm - loan banks in this country. They tried to break up their bank at Fargo but got left. ; Fred Jackson. THE ROSE CARNIVAL QUEEN" Portland. June 12. To the Editor of The Journal I have been interested in the Rose Carnival question, I , notice where they have 'appointed a married lady for queen. ; Eton't the young people of Portland have any right to say who shan be queen by right of voting, or have they changed that right and let these people pick one out-of their own class and we have to accept their de cision? Ill say it's not fair to the young ladies Of Portland. There are plenty of single girls, without having a married one for queen. Am I not right? There are plenty of pretty working girls' in Portland today that would be overjoyed with , that object of being queen of the Rose Carnival. Not shaving any information as to who has the right to choose. I naturallv thought it was the most popular girl wno wouia by vote have the honor of 1 oeing queen. interested Reader. 1 ; THE NEW CARFARE RATE Portland, June 14. To the Editor of tne journal xne taxpayers of Port land refused to be taxed extra to guar antee pror.it- to tne Portland Railway, "sm avna rower t company. The car riders,! who also pay taxes, will either pay the increased fare or walk and con tribute jo the shoe profiteer, t Pretty soon we shall pay 10 cents, and those of us that have the nerve to try to balk this robbery will be called. Bolshevists, Reds, eta, by the reactionaries that run this state and clty The people of Port land showed their good sense In refus ing to assume the taxes of this Phila delphia owped mass of Junk. They will show ; better sense when they put the recall into action ana 'use it against these supine - public - servants - employed to oversee the general welfare, but using their Influence more to grant profit in creases to privately owned public serv ice corporations and to gain favor from that mercenary old organ of hard-faced reaction 'and gold influenced opinion, the Oregon lan. 7 - . 77,,- - .,7';- What guarantee have1 we that the present, abominable service -will be bet tered after this increase takes effect? We are fed up on promises. Of course, the main thing is to grant the em ployes an increased pittance and then use that' as a shield to ward off direct public - opinion. "v.., 7 . v employes maxe good goats, some times. It ia time the workers and the rest of the common public awakened and, with good, 100 per cent American indignation, eliminated these economic pirates. . R. L. Walter. SORGHUM IN OREGON 7' PoAland, June 14. To the Editor of The Journal A little while ago some one suggested that sorghum be raised to taice tne piaeo or sugar, a wisn to say that it makes a fine crop In this valley, making a splendid green food" for milch cows and also- an excellent syrup. bave seen it grown near Independence on Ore John Brown farm and used for feed and ryrap. It afforded much good feed. It was what is called the "Amber" cane, as I understood him. He pulled up the smaller growths for feed and (he strong canes grew for syrup. He made his own crushing mill with two heavy rollers of oaK nttea with cogs and actuated by a sweep arawn oy a horse. The raw luice was reduced to syrup by boiling in a targe, snanow vat, or pan. ; - . Osborne Yates. "' Olden Oregon Clackamas County One of Oregon's f Four Original' Divtslona ' Clackamas county, so named from an Indian tribe, was' one -of the original four districts Into , which Oregon was divided in 1843 by the first- legislative committee of 7 the ; provisional govern ment. Its present limits were estab lished In 1862. . Oregon Ctty, the county seat, was founded by John McLoughlln of the Hudson Bay company in 1842. For several years It was the only town in the Willamette, valley. : It was Incor porated September 25. 1849. It was the first capital of the territory. COMMENT AND SMALL CHANGE On to Mecca I - , :. . ' e .-., 7 . ' .... . Detroltr-dellghted." - . e . e " e ; - ' Gompers romps in again. 7.-7.7 e :.-7 ?5;7'. '7 "yJ :,,.; Have you a visitor in your home? - . ' i e . . .: 77; - Senator Harding breakfasted with Her bert Hoover. Wonder if they sugared their coffee. , . - 7..'-, -7- V;";.''- ' .' ' Today is another day on which you may prove your good citizenship. Vote at the school election. . - a - a a , One just naturally can't help but won- uci .iicic avu me aeuuraiions came xrom and whither they go from here. e.:. e a Judging from the almost daily murder reports from Chicago, it would seem that If the police just sit back and take it easy, the gangsters will eventually elim inate themselves via automatic pistol route. ..'. a , "A sharp earthquake shook Los An geles and vicinity early . today. 7 Many persons were awakened," says a news dispatch from the South. Which suggests a new slogan for the Booster club down there t '-You don't need an alarm clock in Los Angeles." MORE OR LESS PERSONAL Random Observations Abput Town " Nobles J. W. Carey and George F. Stannard of Kalispell, Mont., arrived in Portland ' Thursday by automobile, armed fo the time Of their Uvea at the big convention that opens Monday. On the way from Montana, the visitors de clare, they had only tone blowout to mar the serenity of the trip, and that one was induced by the aggravating influ ence of a life-sized tack working upon the tube. "The roads are not good be tween La Grande and Pendleton, but Eastern Shriners coming by automobile will find the roads of the West in good condition otherwise," the visitors de clare. - The party averaged 15 miles per gallon of gasoline and Carey says they had no troubla In obtaining gasoline until they got , into . Oregon. "Now," they ask. "we'd like to know what kind of a hold-up the Standard Oil is pull ing." - w a .-. ,. 7.7 . j:.. . Frank M. Wells, formerly about 20 years "formerly" of Portland, an at torney and Shrlner from New York -city, is due in Portland Tuesday aboard one of the special trains bringing Arabs of the Shsine across the great arid nation. He will visit his advance notice de clares, the scenes of his boyhood and bask in the Shrine week sunshine. The visitor is a son of Dr. G. M. Wells. - Judge Percy R. Kelly, husky circuit court judge in Linn and Marion coun ties, is a guest at the Hotel Oregon. The judge, whose home Is at Albany, Is a typical Irish wit, not half so much con cerned with the proposed Irish republic as be is with the price of potatoes in Albany. .Aside from the fact that he Is reputed-to be one of the state's leading Jurists, Jvdge Kelly is a pillar in the church and, according to general opinion among those who know him best, a rare good fellow. .. ... . e - F. H- Saulke, Joseph. Or., banker, is visiting Portland and enjoying the con centration of interest that comes with the June convention serlea; He is a IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS OP THE JOURNAL MAN : By Fred f Anri now Mr. Tackle triaa to . aea how many . totally different tbuiga, each of interest and value, hi can get into one and the aama article, and be baa certainly auoeeeoea. cioeins with a eer4tal enod etfirT that no one Will enloy the less for poaeibly ha-rins heard -it; foatewhare or other before.J . i . Whenever I hear the, pessimists talk ing in gloomy tones about this country going i on the . rocks I reemmoer tnat while we have but 5 per cent of the world's population here in the United States we produce 24 per cent of the ag ricultural products of the wona, u per cent of its minerals and 35 per cent' of ita manufactured nroducts. and that our resources are as yet almost untouched ; so I take heart. True, we are in the midst of industrial unrest, but it may be but the birth pains or an era 01 greater justice, peace and prosperity, Henry Ford recently said this worth " . while thing t ' : rwe want Industrial peace ; not a mere suspension iof hostilities. We can have peace if we will build It on Justice. Noth ing is ever settled till it is setuea ngni ; then it has found its angle of repose. Employers have got to acknowledge lhat labor has a moral and human right to its part in the profits of its product, maintain proper living wages as a basis for dally operation, and then recognize the principle of profit-sharing, not as a dole, but as a deserved dividend on the prosperity of the businesa A business that cannot pay Its men more than a living wage is a business that is based on unbusinesslike principles. A business that can and will not pay such a wage is simply an economic thief." e e Harry Child of the Yellowstone Park Transportation company, lover ot good horses and owner of one of' the largest ranches in the West, said something re cently: that is . alsij worth passing on . "Out in God's country, among the glori ous mountains or -on the vast plains of the West, we place more importance upon men than we do upon money. We may not make any great mark in the. world; but, by heavens, we don't let the world make its mark on us 1 We live and let live." i - . 7'- "- " 7-7-;. -,-..' ! , '' :- x '- - .''. "7- 7 i Up in Canada the members of the Canadian parliament are discussing plans for a -navy, and they have about decided to pass up the building of battle ships and put "the money Into boxcars to haul their wheat. A navy of that kind would come in mighty handy, here. in Oregon and throughout the West. " One of the problems England Is try ing to solve is the killing and maiming of pedestrians by careless drivers of motor: vehicles. Recently a London automobile-driver;. who was heedless of the public's rights was given 12 strokes of the cat-o'-nine-tails on his bare - back and ' sent . up at; bard labor for nine montha That ougbt to help soma . ','' i .--ih' ; . e. .....-. a. : ,7 ... .--V-,'. .-"7.;7.; On Anrll I. 1914. Gfeat Britain had a debt of $3,333,300,000. On April 1, 1920, her debt was 835.000,000,000. r , .. v. . , . a . - At tbe beginning 'of the world war there was approximately $1,250,000,000 of paper currency in circulation; last Curious Bits of Information ' For the Curious - Gleaned From Curious Places Among the famous famines m history v as that terrible period of suffering from 79. to 88 A. D., when Jthe Roman world eetited to be shaken to its physical foundations. At that time. In addition to the devastating drouth - and ' famine which swept over the It&Tian peninsula. during which 10,000 citizens are said to have died in one day in Rome, there followed the shock of earthquakes and NEWS IN BRIEF , JS1DELIG11TS 4 Bids are being solicited pn the re painting of the woodwofR on the exterior of the postoffice building at. The Register testifies that .it has been badly in need of a coat of paint for a long-time. Mortuary Item in the Medford Mail Tribune' well-known Smudge Pot col yum : "MrV Trotsky, the main Prtng of the Bolsheviks, has been murdered Kht times, seven times with a. No. RenjJ"; ton typewriter, and onoe- with a son nosed lead pencil." The tooting of horns, or, gather, the putting up tot those Vho. toota duty, is thus urged by the .Hf nnhliS Observer v "Bands are mad ' .SrVlrS spirited men who render a.PbU, "Lv S wTitnnt nnmnensatlon and it is VP .f duty the public to patronise them uineienuy to pay : incidental expenses. Although" the recent ialn has damaged tha roses in the city to some extent, News-Review say3. .till Pnt-5 beautiful sight with 1 all .colors and varieties of the flower in bloom The city hall - With two j walls c jngjggjj; covered with gren Vines and ,lm,bl" roses continues to be the center of a t traction. and many touriaU have mar. veled- at the beauty ot tne guest at the Imperial hotel. Joseph, which is. by the way, ;at the foot Of tb Wallowa mountains in the county of that name, is an Eastern Oregon city of much importance as a trading center for a rich ranching country. . ; . Another visitor .from Eastern Oregon at the Imperial is J. T- Hinkle of Her miston. Umatilla county. Hinkle is an attorney and, not inridentally by any means, is City attorney at Hermlston. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. . Abbott of Myrtle Creek, Douglas countyr are stopping at the Hotel Oregon during a brief visit in the big city. They admit that, as far as Ihey are concerned, fortland just now is the busiest place on the face of the earth especially - at 'meal time but Myrtle Creek is getting, busier every day under the influence .of. a rapidly grow ing fruit Industry. In. i that particular line - of endeavor - th Douglas county town takes second rahe to none. , V 7i " - '! a ,' ; Getting back to the WeHs family, it is reported that Scott H.; Wells. Just grad uated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at Boston, is expected to arrive home for tfee summer vacation on Sunday. Wells has a record at the ln situation for student 'activity, for, aside from the fact that he was a member of the general . student committee, he was president of the Tech ' Christian associa tion, circulation manager of Tech," the Institution publication, and was an ac tive fraternity man. S He Is the sen of Dr. and Mrs. J. Hunr Wells of Port land. -7 ; ' - . ; " ' :. - " -7 ' ' ' ' Dr, and lira J. L Mcpherson of Xa Grande are stopping .at thyo Imperial while in Portland 'to -see the convention sights. Pr. L D. Phipps of Medford is another Imperial "hotel guest .- - . ' E. L. Groshner of. Heppner, Morrow county. Is visiting Portland, taking in the conventions as an observer." 7 . ..- 0 Lockley i! November there was over $51,000,000,000. In addition to thelrfetupendous debts the various nations tost . 9.229,000 men in the waf from wounds , and disease. The roll of the cripples, widows, orphans and other wreckage of th conflict has not yet been - computed. - - . - 7 e -.- e : e Very few people know that the O. A. R.; was organized as early as 1862, when an organization of that kind was formed on March 18, by the 'soldiers of the Third army, corpse i .,-;.: e t a. .' ; . ; John Brown's farm at North Elba. N, Y has recently been sold, the property transferred including the grave of this resolute old warrior. The widow of Salmon Brown, the latest surviving son of John Brown, llyftii on East Forty third street, if near 'Belmont street, in Portland. -'p ' .,. During-the world war the British slo gan was--"Carry -on.", that of the French "They shall not pass," and of our. boys Lets uo," and over the top they went In the Spanish war out battle cry was "Remember the Maine." the rallying cry or tne xanks in the eivll war was , "On to Richmond," while- in the Mexican we we attacked the Mexicans with the cry "Remember the Alanjo." ,' ...... -'; ,:. -.-"., .(...- e .... e . '. 77-77 " The longhorn cattle of Texas, descend ants of those brought to Mexico in 1530 by Cortes, have gone the way of the 5-eent streetcar ride; and the two-bit meal. Whitef aces and modern breeds of beer cattle have driven the ldnghorns al most out or existence,. . ' j -! -mi , a . e ' ' " '. .. Iowa and Nebraska .sent 166,000 boys from the farm to fight in the world war. Most of them are home again, but less tnan 6 per cent bave returned to the farm. ; eta .7. -7. 7 All sorts of . IaWs ' are being passed these days on all sorts of subjects, but it strikes me that the following law. passed recently by tle legislature of a western state, is gothg to be hard tq comply with. The law reads; "When two trains meet at a crossing, each is to stop, whistle, and wait till tbe other goes by."1. ' 4 ' ' . e a . . -a. '. , The next time you bear "Britannia Rules the Wave." Just remember this yarn, from- the American Legion. and smile s f When the German fleet surrendered to toe British, French and American squad' rons, the- captive crews were taken aboard British battleships. One of the square beaded prisoners was deeply dis gusted, and showed it. Walking up tp a group of British tars, he spat far over the side, remarking; "Dot's yot I t'lnk of your verdammt neet, - .' ' ' - ; Silence. He spat again. "Und dot's vot I fink of your ver dammt Admiral Beatty." ' : Again silence for moment. Then a burly; sailor hitched - up his trouters, saying,;.;- S :- --- . -. v 7 ' " "YOu can think what you please about tbe British fleet and think what you please about Admiral Beatty, but you be damn careful whose ocean you go spitting into." 5 . . . tt-.e .cataclysmic eruption of volcanoes. In no other country In the world has a people been, brought to such 'a low ebb of morality or become wo completely lost to all semblance of national humanity as in the series of fam ines which swept ever Egypt "during tenth, eleventh ard twelfth centuries Hinder Mohamme dan rule, A low Nllf 7 in 7 A. D. re sulted in a famine tlie following year, which" swept away 80000 people In the Vicinity of Fustat.-G'awhar, a Moham medan Joseph, founded a new city, the Cairo of today, a short distance from the stricken town, and immediately organ ized relief measures.- . " The Oregon Country Northweat Happrnlnn in Brief Form for the lluay Header. OREGON NOTKS Albany oolleare win establish a rrepar torv course for the benefit of formt-r service men. ; .Baker county wool sellers are worry ing over-the price of wool and hopinjj for a sudden rise. . . .uPrIsvecta tor a bumper grain crop on the dry lands of Baker county are better than for several years. rfaW.E"" ?e,fert. who It is alleged ia a Sf? -fr frorn th navy, 8 tinder r . ...fi. -8to,r!a n the charge of stealins a suit of clothes. ' fttorf Shomnon'' Principal last 1 Pr th Yankton tw:hool, has been ,J"uPerlntendent of tlie Canyon ville High school. . ,. Freida Campbell, one of this year's graduates of Willamette university, has been awarded; a scholarship-by the French government. School superintendents and leading ed ucators of the state will meet at Eu gene. June 25. to discuss some new de partures in education. Recent showers In - Morrow county' 5"?m 8. fhe heaviest crop cf wheat since 1918, which was the banner year in the history of the county. The Terrek Logging company ha purchased a claim of HO acres of tim ber land in the southeastern part of Clatsop county, for 840,000. Th Albany ; Chamber of Commerce wui move into new quarters about July r,lt wll'oe headquarters alao for the - "in county farm bureau; . The Roseburg Chamber of Commerce nan decided to open a publicity cam paign not only for the city but for the county and state as well. .A a picnic of the Kook Creek Meth odist church in Clackamas countv, Julv 7L a,fature vrtn th celebration of the flfUeth anniversary of the ministry of Rev. A. J, Josalyn. .Owing to the need of labor to harvest what promises to be a large fruit crop the Cove Ad dub has arranged to hold a. joint meeting with the Woman's Civic improvement club to discuss the harvest help problem.. ... .After reaching a height of 20 feet, the highest for the season, the Columbia i" river at Hood River is strain at a standstill, and it is believed the crest has been passed. . -A seven mile trail is being built by the Western Lane Forest Patrol asso- ' elation between Esmond screek on the Sluelaw river across the divide to the mouth of Twin Sisters. WASHINGTON A huge bourruet of roses win be riven every Shrlners wife when she passes through Taconna. A dispensation has been granted for the Institution of a poet ot Sons of Vet erans at Yakima. Seattle will entertain. 10,000 Shriners and their families as they pass through, en route to Portland. Representatives of women's organiza tions at Centralla have entered a protest against the holding of carnivals and dances on Sunday. .The trial of a Spokane department store on the charge of profiteering will .) begin in the; federal court in a few days. Discrimination against Tacoma In favor of Seattle by the big oil companlrs In the rationing of gasoline Is charged by residents of Tacoma. . Recent Investigation at Prosser shows that the fruit crop will be much better than expected. In some localities the yield will be unusually heavy. Detectives will be exchanped by th Portland and Tacoma police departments during Shrine week In order to better handle thieves and pickpockets. According to the heads of teachers agencies at Spokane, there is a great demand for elementary teachers in upti4 of the salary increases of from 23 to 60 per cent. T.-.F. Pe tern-inn of Tacoma, a plorrrer lumberman and manufacturer, is dead after a lingering Illness. lie was as sociated In tbe building of the first state capitol at Olympla. IDAHO Ten Italians bave been arrested at St. Maries on the charge of illegally manu facturing liquor. Mr. and Mrs. David Brlnson, residents of Pocatello the past 38 years, have cele brated their golden wedding anniversary. Idaho's 1920 wool clip was 20 per cent below normal, according to the fttate ment of John Ridenbaugh, a promli.ent wool man. 1 Construction of a steam or elwtrlo road from Rogenson to W11m, Nev., is the purpose f the Idaho Central Rail--way company, which has been capital ized at J5,UO(),000. The city council .of Pocatello has passed an ordinance requiring all mer chants to affix the cost price to e:ich article' offered for sale. A fine of IIU0 ( for -refusal is provided. By a large majority the voters of Caldwell have turned down the propo! trnn" to insuo bonds to the amount of $95,000 for the erection of a building designed ta be a memorial to ex-soldiers. Uncle Jeff Snow Says: In-RiverBlde, Cai., In early days, 'long about '71, Old Doc Greeves was presi dent of the . cemetery and uster plant the -one-lungers and others, with his spring wagon fer a hearse. Doc could make a coffin hisself, if necessary, and preach a sermon,: too. Doc found it was sometimes a case of desertion when Pedro St. Mary or some .of the other Mexicans had quit dlggln' a grave 'causer they . thought tomorrer'd do Jlut as well If not better, and Doc'd git in and finish It hisself. Whenever he got Pete in a industrious streak he'd bave him dig two; or three graves ahead of time, and then Doc'd figger out loud to hlsself who'd be the next most likely to occupy each one. And Doc was soma prophet, too. Some Oregon Products That ' ; Must" Arrest Attentidh Of Portland's Guests Here are some facts that Port land's convention visitors will be in terested in knowing : . Oregon is the home of the famous loganberry, and 80 per cent of the world's crop is grown. in the Willam ette valley. Strawberries reach their greatest size and delicacy in Oregon and we ship many : carloads to leas favored states. ' The Oregon wild blackberry, which grows on hillsides where land has been cleared, posaesses a flavor that is like the breath of the forests ; many tons of Evergreen blackberries may be picked every year by whoever desires them. Oregon apples in flavor, color and variety excel the product of every other district except those portions of Washington which are part of the Columbia basin and where growing conditions sare Identical. English walnuts grown In Oregon deserve the name "Oregon walnuts," because they are superior in size and flavor to the walnuts produced In California or anywhere else. Oregon prunes have a flavor that in part accounts for their trans position from the position of com mon viand to that of a luxury. Oregon oats in rolled oats and Oregon wheat in biscuits, macaroni and other pastes, as well as in bread, cannot be 1 excelled. Oregon Chinook salmon, in cans, salted or fresh, are Uie finest food fish in tbe world. Oregon potatoes, with those on the Washington border of the Columbia, in their size and quality justified the railroads in calling them "Great Big uaked potatoes." (To be continued)
