The Oregon daily journal., June 21, 1920, Page 6, Image 6

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There no thine distributed free la this
world without payment in work, unless it
be the air and even that is taken away
from yon unless you work. George Matthew-Adams.
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arADOo
M
R. .VTADOO'S statement of his un-
.lllingness to be l
San Francisco Is more reason for him
to be named.
. , That Is the. kind of man the con- permanency and strength to. the in
ventions should be looking for and. stJtution. It is encouragement to well
that people should be looking -for. to-do men to further endow Willam
NomlnaUons. especially for the great ette with the full confidencte that the
offices, onght to come unsought. The m0ney they invest in it will go on
true nominee is a man wnose worns ?athering strength and doing good as
and achievemerfts 'ftave raised him" to e years roll on.' It'wfir provide fa
Ithat conspicuous position ir which cnnies for a constantly growing stu
:he is called to great office by volun-. dcnt body an(j give to the'lnstitution
tary act of . his countrymen. A cith a gubgtantiallty that Its long-history
aten so summoned renecw me re
spirit of self government.
In America, we have too many men !
chasing the presidential omce. iHey
hover about conventions, Some of
them run for president as men run.
for constable. They make the .highest J
office wUMO ,6 gui. flt awmuw
people a matter or wara pouues.
We rcftenUy saw them present .at
secret meetings and taking part in
plans for collecting huge campaign
funds to be spent in securing the pres-
identlal nomination, .we saw mem,
indeed, in collusion with men wno,
regardless of cost, were bent on by-
tag the presidency, we saw parusans
in the United States senate speeding
11 months of the time of congress in
the sole and only business of Jockey- J
lng for position in the vko campaign,
and saw several of the senators instances been j the percentage of en
emerge from that orgy as candidates dowment bestowed by the foundation
for the presidency with one of them upon ther American colleges. It was
actually nominated at Chicago. r rfven after a searchm survey of Wil-
We have a splendid system of gov4 lamette its present and its posslblli
ernment. . But under that system we ties, and the gift thereby becomes a
have seen abuses and evils and cor-f credentiar attesUng the stability of
.rupuon. we nave jusi seen an orgxi
of profiteering on a scale never oe-r
congress absolutely .refuse ; to pass!
'
mgr aimougn aeunus ieg.siauuu ,
r " r ' "TIT , ". . ,
Wa rmsrht tn a1(1rp4S ourselvea to
,, . , ...
tne correcuon oi eviis. ; -o fiuHUk ,vu
make the system in practice all that
it is In theory. It can be done.- And
the first thing toward accomplishing
that great thing is to make the presi
dency something more than the
scramble of politicians for office.
We should make the presidency an
exfflAA 4 a 1rY rro a mAn Ha
J , " v.' h 7,Zl
summoned, an office to which their
countrymen would conscript them.
Mr. McAdoo's : statement contrib
utes to his eligibility.
Welcome, Shrlners! Portland is
' yours.;: If you want anything that is
' not in sight, ask for it; You are. to
.js Ima Wa..j -r.i n
f, " Z k r
and Portlanders know what a Stood
time is.
WILLAMETTE'S BRIGHTER DAYS
. i
A GREAT many people win rejoice
n c sood fortune that has come
10 wiuameiie univensuy. . . i .score- J - - -Thai
aHft nf sSSn.OOrt from thai Rrw.srA-1 Then ' 5 -
t i i . i;
from private sources that cannot now
h cHnelosed. To these is to be added
funds from a drive which will be tin-
dertaiten eany nexx year, to com -
bined sums will give a new endow-
mem oi i,wu.uuu.
The institution already nas assets
of more tn an a mliuon dollars. Thel
v increase will pile up resources ag -
ETCoiUna; not far short of t2O0,0O,
ES SELAMU
PEACE be unto you and unto you be peace. Nobles of the
Mystic. Shrine on pilgrimage to Mecca, the oasis of Port
land greets you and asks you to partake of the salt and
to rest" and refresh yourselves under the shade of her palms
where flow sweet' waters. Dervishes, howling and dancing,
will seek ' to entertain you and though it is ; forbidden by the : j
law of the prophet the. well of Zem Zem may possibly, be
uncovered.-;,-' . ' . ' ' ' i' :
By the uninitiated, those whose feet have never trod the
blistering sands of the desert and whose lips have never
touched the sacred Kaaba, the Ancient Arabic Order of the f
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine is looked upon as a branch of ;
the tree of Freemasonry.
It should not be so regarded, as it is a distinct and separate, i
fraternity entirely independent of the ancient society and has :
a distinct ritual. The popular misconception arises out of t
the fact that to be eligible to become a noble of the Mystic
Shrinejthe novice must have passed through either the. Knight
Templar or Scottish Rite degrees. While not a part of Free
masonry the membership of the Shrine includes Masons only.
, Historically the Mystic Shrine as an organization can lay
no claim 4o hoary age.' It is peculiarly American and came "
into existence only a few years ago, comparatively speaking.
Mecca, the mother temple, was founded in New York city in :
the fall of 1872.. Since that time the fraternity based -on the
social instinct of the race has grown rapidly and ,it now
embraces 147 temples, or constituent bodies, having a total
membership of 300,000. ' ' : !
5 The founders of the order were William J. Florence, the
noted comedian .of the American stage; Professor A. L. ,
' Rawson, a student of things Oriental Dr. Walter Mi Fleming ,
and George . F.' Loder, prominent Masons of New York city. ,
By Rawson its ritual and initiatory rites were created out of ,
the wealth of Oriental literature. I By Florence it was drama-
. i j t j . ; j ji f :
tizea ana staged, ana Dy r lemmg
among Masons of high degree
and grave. I
While the primary purpose
among its-fellows banish care,
spirit, there is a serious philosophy embedded in its adapta
tion of the Arabian costume and paraphrase of Oriental
custom,, teaching the common interest of man and binding it
by the mystic bond which makes all men one. Christian,
Jew and Moslem may together
its tests. ; Jtsoth the iSible and the Koran are the ruies oi us
conduct. On its altars are the Ark of the Covenant, the Cross
and the magical black stone, or Kaaba. - ' ,
With all itsehorseplay, its exaggeration of color and variety
-of dress there runs the thought
of all good, life s final star is brotherhood.
With Solomon, the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine believe
that there is a time to dance and a time to mourn; a time to
weep. and a time to laugh. 1
It is now the time to dance and laugh.' .
' ! "The arueats are met. . j ,
l .: The feast is -set.
"i ' Mayst hear the merry din." - i
With such assets behind it, Willamette
.i m uA nn . , ik a iAa einnMMs In
4., w.f
just as It Is already by far the
strongest of its kind in the Northwest.
All .this means stability. ; It. gives a
and great works so fully merit.
There was a sfudent body at WH-
iamette this year of 450. It is not
ivprv Jonr Rirn lhat the bl state in-
stitutions had an enrollment no larger,
With money. to Drovide new facilities
the growth. aQd increasing usefulness
U the institution are assured.
r Methodism in the Northwest has
reason for felicitation over Wil
iamette university. The brighter pros
pects ,at the institution are assurance
of stronger men and women to go Into
christian citizenship In President
D n christian education has a lead
trshJp well worthy of the cause. ,
The Rockefeller contribution to
Willamette Is a higher percentage than
has been iriven any other educational
institution in America. It ranks at
35 inst 331-3 which has in a few
institution
hs downtoWT1 eta
and utilizing telephones that center
,n elaborate gwftchboard are an
Bwertog many thousands or ques-
I . . ... . .. .
luon visitors. ; It la a service organ-
ized for the Shrine by the Better
Business Bureau of the Portland Ad
club. The organization is the refuge
and recourse of any visitor who feels
imposed upon In prices for food or
any other f thing ; purchased ; here.
Could" any device express with
greater : practical usefulness Port-
land' PIrIt solicitous hospitality?
1
LEST WE FORGET
GONGRESSLN NICK SINNOTT of
Oregon in the national house of
representatives,' recently made use of
a tragic bit of humor. Speaking to
the bonus measure for veterans of the
world war and paraphrasing Kipling,
I. BaM. ' i - '
he said:
There were one hundred million Yankees
that talked of Yankee might .
j And sent but sixty dollars to the boys
I that fought their fight;
LTB mlxty that and nothing
v Vu ' m orr America's low
I God of our fathers, known of old.
j Beneath whose awful hand we hold
I Dominion over palm and nine; .
toLllZTJ
i how easily we forget how llghUy
America's young men offered their
liveg for how uttle
Portland acknowledges that sh
iwas never before host to so manv
J guesU from f ar-fhing parts of Amer-
ALEIKUM
ana i-oacr n was mtruuucu .
to whom life is both J gay
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of the order is to promote fun
and preserve youthfulness of
take its vows and submit to
that "the crest and crowning
ica. Nor Is Portland unmindful of
the fact that they are guests worthy
of , the great effort that . has 1 been
made to make them comfortable and
their stay agreeable. Our gates are
ajar and our doors open. - - .
THE WALLA WALLA FEEDER
Y7ALLA WALLA proposes a road
VV 27 miles Jong that will connect
that Important section, of Washington
with the - Columbia river - highway at
Umatilla. . ., .
, It Is a project possessed of no small
appeal. A score of miles would constitute-
the j additional- road building
within the boundaries of Oregon;
Walla Walla - county would pay: for
seven miles of construction within
the boundaries "both -of that county
and the state' of Washington." i : 't
Thus a. connection would be furn
ished with a large and richly produc
tive . area ijpssessed of roads ' as Well
improved as those of the Willamette
vailey. An outlet would be furnished
for business and pleasure travel from
Walla Walla county down the Colum
bia to Portland.' The trade of this
city would benefit, Oregon would
benefit.
A road system is. much like a rail
road system. The trunk lines are es
sential, but they are rarely profitable
without , the building of feeder lines.
The Walla .Walla project would fur
nish a feeder road worth many times
its cost. ;
No situation Is so ' bad J that it
might not be worse " Portland pays
3 cents per ride more than the con
tract price for carfare, but Seattle
has adopted an ordinance authoriz
ing' a 10-cent fare and Tacoma la
about, to.
BIGGEST ON PLANET BUT-
THOUGH given the largest popula
tion of. any city on the planet.
New York city is complaining at the
census taker. Plans are afoot to show
that the. people there are under cen
sused. ,t ,
But why the protests? Isn't ; It
enough that New York: has more peo
ple than ahy other city in the world?
" Nor is it the number of people alone
that makes a city. There is' a great
city of Peking,-but how fare its In
habitants? Peking would be a nobler
city it its people were fewer and fared
better. , .
Even New York's people are inade
quately housed. The ' scarcity of
houses and rent profiteering there
have- been almost a national scandal
and have shown that the mighty me
tropolis has more people than it ought
to have. -" -
It isnt the count of the people but
the character and i circumstances of
the people that are the true test. It
is better to have, a city of 100,000 with
proper living conditions than a million
people of whom most are In rags and
tenements.'' ' ;-K' .' C .. a.
That city with; but half a million
people , comfortably ; fed, clothed and
housed, is a better city than one with
a million- millionaires and. mendicants
mixed together. : One sign of a : good
city is a rapid transit system with
low fares so those who are forced to
ride in street cars can afford to jour
ney out to .the suburbs where there
Is room and the fresh-'air of the great
outdoors. . . . ' - ;
- Beautiful and costly, buildings and
golden streets and bustling business,
help make a city. But what are they
if the streets swarm with beggars and
many of the people are in rags?
What kind, of a picture is it If glitter
ing equipages and golden automobiles
go whirling by in streets crowded
with ' tatterdemalions T ' .
What profiteth it a city to have mil
lions of people and no municipal soul.
to have pjllared and minaretted pal
aces -with most of its population ten
ants : without a foot of earth,' rent
payers with nothing to call thejr own?
Every time a millionaire helps some
head of a family on his way to the
ownership of a home, he makes his
own property safer. Every higher
notch in the percentage of home own
ers In a nation makes ' stronger the
deed to every piece of property in thaj
nation.
New York's worry about the count
of herr people were more Intelligent if
directed to ascertain whether her peo
ple are on the road to decay.
THE NOMINATION
OF HARDING I
It Marks the Grade of Leaders Who
Cringe Before Malcontents Instead
of Asserting Principles.
From the Nw York Times .7 '
upon a platform . that - has produced
general dissatisfaction. ' the Chicago
convention .presents a candidate whose
nomination win oe - reoeivea witn as
tonishment and ; dismay v by the party
wnose suffrages he invites. Warren Q,
Harding , is a . very respectable Ohio
politician of the second class. He has
never been a leader of men or a di
rector of policies. : For years a protege
or jroraker, he rose to a subordinate
office by favor of "Boss" Cox of Cin
cinnati. Beaten by Judson Harmon In
the contest for ; the governorship in
1910, he has never shown ' independent
strength in . his own state save when
he was named for senator In 1914, hav
ing a majority of a little more than
100,000 over his Democratic . competitor,
and outside of Ohio he has only such
strength as he now derives from his
place at the head of the : Republican
ticket. Senator Harding's ; record at
Washington has been faint and color
less. He was an , undistinguished ; and
Indistinguishable : unit in 1 the ruck of
Republican senators who obediently fol
lowed Mr. Lodge in the twlstlngs and
turnings of that statesman's foray upon
the treaty and the covenant. i
The nomination of Harding, for whose
counterpart we must go back to Frank
lin Fierce if we would seek a president
who ' measures down to his political
stature. Is the fine and perfect fjower
oi tne cowaralce and imbecility oi tne
senatorial cabal that charred itself
with the management of the Republican
convention, against; whose-control Gov
ernor Beeckman so vehemently protest
ed. ' Rejecting Lepnard Wood, probably
the strongest candidate with the people
the .party could have - chosen, because
they Knew he would never be dictated
to by them, they favored Governor Low.
den until Borah served upon them his
notice of a veto of that nomination.
Borah was commanding and truculent
because he knew that he had to deal
with a. group of white-livered and in
competent politicians. If Republican
leadership had not fallen inter the hands
of pigmies, the chief -men at Chicago
would have told Borah to bolt and be
hanged, just as upon the , issue of the
league they would have - -defied - Johnson
to do his worsts But they ran like,
a frightened flock, - surrendered every
thing, Mr. .Lodge finally throwing .off
all disguises and standing out as '.the
open foe of the covenant of the League
of Nations, even with his own reserva
tions. .. ., - "i-; V. r-t.
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What has befallen the' Republican
party of the early days, the party of
60 years .ago, when it was possessed of
moral purposes, or 40 and '30 years ago,
when it could still profess to have
them : and find ? believers? r !-T-
Where are its -leaders that can be
compared to Morrill. Seward, Hale,
Piatt of Connecticut, Oliver P. Morton,
Sumner.: Blaine, COnkling and a dozen
others who rose to high places in the
party councils? And, if the question is
not too unfeeling, where and what are
its principles, if any it have? Party
control, . exercised by a group ' of sen
ators, is divided between Lodge on the
one hand ; and Borah and Johnson on
the other- None of them, none of their
accomplices in party degradation, would
have come within hailing distance of
the foremost rank of party chiefs in
the brilliant days : of Republicanism.
And for principles, , they have ; only
hatred of Mr. Wilson and a ravening
hunger for the offices. . i
Governor Coolidge for vice president
really shines by comparison with the
head of the ticket. He, at least; is a
man of achievement r he is known to
the party and to the nation. When
the police , force qf Boston went on
strike, he showed ;. himself to te a
man. : He met that menace to the pub
lic safety with courage and determina
tion, and the nation rang with praise
of him. It is fortunate that not a word
is to be said against the character of
either candidate. They are irreproach
able. But that does , not compensate
for the lack of achievement, for the
colorlessness of the candidate for first
place, or for the manner in which his
nomination was brought about. It will
be felt and said everywhere that the
Democrats at San Francisco have re
ceived from their opponents - at; Chi
cago the gift of a splendid opportunity.
Letters From the People
rrvmniiiiWtiiM sent to The Journal for
publication in -this department should be written
nn aiii, nna avie oi uie nauer. loooja nm. euw
800 words in length and must be signed by the
writes, whose mail address in full most accom
pany tne coo tnouuon. j " , ;
MR. TOFT REPLIES TO "FARMER'
Portland, June 16. To the Editor of
The Journal An article that appeared
in Saturday's issue of The Journal,
signed "Farmer," calls for a reply, in
justice to the Portland commission men.
His statements are not only misleading.
but show that he is trying to stir up dis
cord by crying "Wolf !" when - there is
no wolf in sight- He states that he con
signed to one of the large commission
firms in Portland two green cowhides,
the returns being insufficient within 25
per cent to pay for a pair of logger's
boots, which we understand sen xrora
$20 to 125. - He starts In to abuse the
commission men in general by calling
them a thieving lot The writer f this
article has been : in the commission
business 25 years, and during this time
a number, of so-called fly-by-nlghts
have come and gone. Their mode of
operating would be to quote a tempting
price, and they could always find some
one who would take the bait, hook and
all. I don't hesitate to say that there
are 10 ; firms of the Henry Everding
character on Front street today, j to one
of former years. Let Mr. Farmer come
to town and get acquainted and he will
find that there are nine out of 10 com
mission men working overtime in the
Interest of the- farmer. - No time have
hides brought the price in accordance
with that of the finished leather. Green
cowhides are weak t 14 cents ; , three
weeks ago they' brought 18 to 25 cents
It must be remembered that the present
stocks of boots and shoes have been
manufactured under the higher prices of
hides.: We realised as high & 90 cents
a pound for calfskins a few months ago..
Let us say that the two hides the farm
er mentions weighed 70 , pounds. - we
will suppose that the logger boots he
mentions are worth $20 and he lacked
25 per cent of having sufficient money
to pay for them. . That would show that
he received SIS for the two hides, or
21 cents a pound. If,' on the other
hand, the price of the boots was $25v and
he still lacked 25 per cent of having
sufficient money, minus express charges
and 5 per cent commission, it would
show that he received $18.75 for the two
hides, or 26 cents a pound. - Mr.
Farmer should know that the commis
sion men don't fix the price on hides.
Many farmers make a mistake by ship
ping In green hides, still warm from
the animal heat, enclosed in a tignt Dor.
By the time they reach here they are
only fit f o glue stock, and the commls
Bion man, of course, gets the blame.
John r. Tort.
JURYMEN'S PRIVILEGES
Bandon. June 16.-To the Editor of
The Journal What .-is the Oregon law
relating to ' the amount of freedom al
lowed jurymen on a murder case while
the trial is on?: Can they simply be put
on their honor not to discuss the case
and allowed to go at liberty? Suppose
it were a case where two Juries, al
lowed such freedom, had already hung
and still the third jury were allowed
the same liberty: If a case were finished
at 9 o'clock- one evening, but the Jury
did not wish to receive their instructions
until 9 the next morning, can they
legally still be allowed their freedom
until 9 the .following morning? If at
this time It could be proved that even
one did discuss the case and stated an
opinion -that they were going to hang
again, would it affect their verdict?
What would be the effect on the jury
man? What Is the purpose of the Prisoners
Aid , society? Is it to look after those
who have served" their time, and help
them to go straight, by finding them
honest employment, or is it to assist
them lo escape justice? If an accused
person already has four able lawyers to
defend him, have they the right to send
him a fifth one? -f
; . A Seeker of Justice.
I Under th Orccon law the freedom granted
a jury In - a criminal trial - is entirely within
the discretion of the court. 'The Judge may,
should be so desire or circtunatances so require.
erdcr the lurr to be locked no and maintained
iDcomm onicado . until after their verdict has
been" rendered ' or they have been discharged
by the court. ; It la very aeldom. However,
that thia course is followed, particularly in the
state courts. : It is not so uncommon in the
federal courts. The fact' that two juries have
dwag-reed in 'prior trials of -the same case does
not altar the rule nor affect the power of
the court in lta application. ' - -
, It is also within the authority of the trial
judge, when a long and tedious trial is con
cluded lata at night, and the jury so desires,
U postpone : his charge and the submission of
the case to the jury until the following morn
ing. - Nor ' is there - anything in the law to
require that the jury be kept together ovetv
nignt in ttiat case. What may be done la in
the discretion of - the ' court, for there would
seem to be . no more reason for herding the
jury together on the last night than on any
other. . :--.
Jurors are always admonished by the- court,
at the beginning of a criminal trial,- and fre
quently throughout its course as a usual thing,
to refrain from discussion of the case among
themselves, or - on the outside. This admonition
is supposed to - bind until the jury has taken
tne case into me jury room for final considera
tion . of the ' verdict and any general discussion
that -' may then seem necessary. Breach of
this admonition - subjects the offending juror
to punishment by the court for contempt, nothing
more. And it ia doubtful, even should one or
more of tne jurors disregard the injunction
of the court by dUscnssina the- ease with out
siders or with other jurors, that the circum
stance woum arrect the verdict unless it were
to be clearly shown - that the cause of the
oeiense naa been prejudiced thereby. The state
would have no remedv sniiut ths . amirmmi
for the prosecution has no right of appeal. The
(statement of A juror that the jury would probably
iua-sra" woiua not e prejudicial. . nut merely
a statement of hia ooininn. , ,. ' ..
ine prisoners'' Aid society is 'an organization
founded .and maintained for the
those who hare fallen under the shadow of
the- law's punishment, to reestablish themselves
in the ranks of .njutfnl iBttzmulim r, ia nn
without the scope -of its purpose to assist in- the
aeteaae of a person charged with crime, should
it so desire. The DurDose -and the fnrul,m,nt,l
intent of the criminal law is to punish those
guilty of crime .when that guilt has been estab
lished beyond a reasonable doubt through a fair
aaa impartial trial. livery person accused is.
in the- theory of the law. innocent until proved
Buuvy oy competent and conclusive evidence,
; j njuMou : ojt constitutional right -to a
full and competent defense; for the purpose of
io uetermine- tne . tact- of guilt
or of innocence, aceordins- tn h
not to ecovict without mercy or to acquit without
justice, v , The Prisoners' - Aid aoraetv wonlH
violate neither its dntv nn, th ini.nin...,
the law were it to provide counsel for a
defense should it have cause to believe that
-viu -uuun was in tne interest of . justice.
GREATEST CITY IN THE WORLD
' From the PMIadelnhia PnhUa T...,
It is a. far cry from that famous vear
of 1626, when -a handful of Dutch trad
ers bought Manhattan: island for a few
irinaeTs vaiuea at iZ4,ito 1920. when the
same island totals in valuation $9,000,-
uuu.uuv ana tne census gives it a popula
tion or z,zm,103. This island, however.
Is ' only the vortical center of a great
population area, which tor official New
York alone totals 5,621.151 persons, while
the so-called metropolitan district, run
ning over Into the tributary territories
of New jersey, sends the figures up un
officially to more than 7,583,000. With
a population for this great -metropolitan
district of ,1.000,000 more than the great
aggregate ot cities and towns that make
up London, and with even , the smallest
of official estimates giving this Donula-
tion center that bestrides the waters of
New York bay' and adjacent streams
like a colossus a larger number , of per
sons than the entire .Dominion of Can
ada, one would suppose that the deni
zens of Manhattan would be satisfied
with the figures.
Curious Bits of Information
For. the Curious
Gleaned From Curious Places
' John Willis Griffiths was (he man who
revolutionized- ; the science of merchant
shipbuilding and naval architecture. In
1841 he appeared : before the American
ir.stitate in 'New Tork and proposed a
model for a new ship. : : He succeeded in
interesting William Aspinwall, one- of
New York's China trade princes, who in
1843 signed a contract to build a ship of
7.0 tons according to Griffiths' designing.
The ship was completed In January, 1845,
and named the. Rainbow, The .Rainbow
sailed for China in February, and was
back home again in September to reward
her owners with 200 per cent over what
she had cost. .
John Willis Griffiths was born in New
Tork in 1809. and died there in 1882. He
was the inventor of the trap style of
hull construction, i the builder of the
United States steamship Princeton, the
firrt twin screw ocean going vessel, and
the inventor of the process of bending
ship timbers in a vacuum.
. Olden Oregon
Clatsop's History Goes Back to Ore-
gon's Earliest Beginnings. .
Clatsop county was named after the
tribe" of "Indians who lived - west of
Young's bay, at the : mouth of the -Columbia
river. -The county was created
June 22, 1844, on petition of Josiah I
Parrish. Astoria, the county seat, which
was founded in 1811 .by the Pacific Fur
company, was named In honor of John
Jacob Astor, the head of the company.
The name was afterward,, during the
occupancy of ' the : Northwest Fur com
pany, changed to Port George. The
original name was restored after
American reoccupancy, and in 1856 As
toria was incorporated by act of the
territorial legislature. - ,
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE
Smile,
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Well, the big week is on.
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McAdOO lecms tn knnv wrhar Vio will
do.
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Biahoo Shenard nromiami tn tmlrA m'
care of his flock. - - .
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"Politics will have to-take a back seat
in Portland this week.
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The person unfortunate enough to be
color blind is missing some beautiful
sights these days. . -
If any person tiroflteera on Portia nrl'e
visitors he wilt deserve all that he geU
if he is found out.
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"Eight Hundred Bolshevik! Taken by
Polea7-Headline. Wonder if they
strung them up.
J ,
Innumerable special -trains are due In
Portland within the next three days,
and each train will bring that many
varieties of entertainment and fun.
.. . ..e - . a .. . .
We herewith congratulate the Port
land police department on its splendid
showing at annual Inspection and on its
good work in the latest murder case.
MORE OR LESS1 PERSONAL
Random Observations About Tciwh
Dr. Frank Tape of Paso Robles, CaL,
was in PorUand Saturday, exchanging
greetings with old time friends, on his
way home from Mount Rainier, where he
has been passing expert 'opinion upon
some hot springs and a hotel that is be
ing built upon the mountain. Dr. Tape
manages one, of the largest hot springs
resorts in California, and is an authority
on all such matters. He is an Oregon
product and was closely connected with
the early development of this state.' He
formerly owned and controlled the min
eral Springs . around - Carson, .Wash.
While Dr. Tape has an extremely large
acquaintance in - Oregon, he hastened
away Saturday night in order to avoid
the crowds and confusion incidental to
the Shrine convention. ' "I do not like
crowds, says Dr. Tape. "When I am
in them,, I talk all the time. I can stand
and talk for hours. Talking is my -busi
ness, but I can do that down in Cali
fornia at my own hotel. I like to lunch
alone. What is the use of going to lunch
and spending two hours at it talking.
when you can go alone and have a nice
quiet time of it T' Yet, despite Dr. Tape's
assertion that he doesn't like to talk, he
was the best known person in the Imper
ial lobby Saturday, besides being the
most entertaining. "
Hotels were barren Saturday, since
only those persons were permitted to
register who would agree to move out
Monday morning to make room for the
Shrlners. - Permanent guests at the ho
tels accepted with excellent . grace the
circumstances that made it necessary
for tnem to give up their rooms to visit
ing Shrlners They are being taken care
of In private homes, selected from a list
which each of the hotels possesses, and
m some ; instances from : the Shrlners
rooming list. - When a public spirited
citizen of. Portland appeared at the
Multnomah Saturday afternoon with his
automobile to take any Shrlners who
wished up the Columbia highway, there
was' no one to respond. The Shrlners
hadn't got there yet,
Otis Patterson came up from Canyon
City Saturday to be on hand early for
ine esnnne convention. Accompanied bv
Mrs. Patterson Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mason
and Miss Hilda Mulcare, he drove up in
his car; For a small place Canyon City
nas a great many Shrlners. and about
35 Shriners from Grant county will be
up for the convention, says Patterson.
X am not a tail-ender nor a emitter."
said Patterson, "and I am going to be
right among 'em when it comes to Shrine
celebrations. :. Patterson - is a- former
newspaperman and got out the Heosner
Gazette in the early days when the
town-was wild and woolly. From news
paper work he drifted into politics and
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
: OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
' '
fThe vrav of a man with a maid pusled King
Rolomort exeeedlnarlv. but the war of a vrlfe with
a husband is what abducta the eaprie portion of
Mr. Lockley s private zoo. He illuatratea by ex
am piss, and then proceeds to derive eorMolatioa,
such aa it i is, from the fact that in this par
ticular kirgs and emperora haven't got a thing
on him and Mr. Jicca.
A ; day or so after the ' primaries - of
May 21 I was on the Sunnyside car on
my way down town. A woman across
the aisle looked at me doubtfully, and
then nodded. I didn't know her, but I
smiled and nodded 1 in response. Again
she looked at me. and then, leaning
across the aisle, Bhe said : "Your face
seemed so familiar X , thought I knew
you. I remember, now I - saw your
picture in one of the papers. "What
wero yoa , cured of I : had a notion,
to tell her I was cured . of politics; but
I didn't want-to hurt her feelings, so I
smiled blandly and said: Tt's wonder
ful 'What these patent medicines do to
you isn't itr That was a good, safe
statement. She could . take it any way
she wanted. She said : ."Yes, s indeed ;
some of them are wonderful. My sister
also had her picture in the paper lately
in a Tan lac testimonial." .
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I have come to the conclusion that
my wife is a better politician than I
am. She lets me serve on all the work
ing committees jso long as she can act
as speaker or tne nouse. esne is aiso
willing to let me lay down the law so
long .as she can amend it to suit ner
self. For example, I decide to. plant
onions and - corn In our garden. She
will move to amend by striking out
the corn and onions and planting pota
toes in lieu thereof. We usually have
a Joint debate - on the question, ; and
after . I have laid ; down the law we
compromise on - planting: potatoes " or
upon doing whatever else my wife has
decided .r is the thing she wants done.
Most . of . us men make a bluff about
being the ' lords and masters of crea
tion and about being the heads of the
world's i households, but in f most cases
It -is . a bluff and we are not the head,
but the figurehead, . and you all know
how-much that has to do with direct
ing the course of . the. ship. We have
illustrious company, however. The ruler
of an the Russias. Czar Nicholas, left
a large collection of letters from his
wife, of which this brief extract from
one of them Is' a fair sample: Lovey
mine, don't dawdle. - Make up your
mind. It's very serioua - Tou need
wlfey behind you. pushing you."
I was surprised In reading recently
about the work of the' Salvation Army,
to learn -that Its founder, William
Booth, on his mother's side was of the
chosen people., When yoa- look at his
picture, -though, i you can- readily be
Ueve it, for be looks like some old
Hebrew patriarch.- X spoke a day or
two ago to a Jewish friend of mine
about the recurrence in - Russia and
elsewhere throughout Europe of Jew
ish persecutions. I-said to him: "Why
is it that In America the Jews are so
well ' thought of and - so well treated,
while In Europe ' they vare' reviled - and
SIDELIGHTS . '
First rate advice In last Friday's Hood
River News: "Next week the Shrlners
will be here. Treat thero well, for some
of them may be your neighbors next
Even Bend, with its 910 per cent In.
j,-. n m Avnivtitii imr thaoi that, namely,
a 6000 totaL However, the Bulletin says .
"Now, at least, we have a starting point
and If we did not have 00(k people on
January 1, here's betting we f shall have
more than that number on next January
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ODMuhn-I nn ihs :JW Review.
fcan get some real appreciative adver
tising tnrougn tne eiions iiww
advanced by a number ot local livewlres
to supply all Shrlners passing through
the city with a generous supply of Rose
burg roses. It pays to advertise and
our roses can 'land the b.aoon.
ol Rattlesnake Bob" Veatch, pioneer
of Lane county who spent last Wednes
day in Salem, the Statesman says : He
obtained his typical western nickname
through his hobby for hunting and catch
ing rattlesnakes, which, ! by the use of
forked sticks, he captures alive, bring
ing them home in strosg paper bags.
Through his hobby. ratUers in South
Lane have practically , become extinct.
i
passed the state bar examination, since
which time he has been practicing law,
Ha is also interested in! stock and is a
member of the Heppner, Stock Growers
association. - Patterson: was loaiine
around the Imperial Saturday afternoon.
talking with Phil Metschan, who used
to live in Canyon City, a nd otner cronies
of his. While attending- the convention
the Canyon City party -will be the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Moore of Fort-
land, also former townsmen.
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EL W. Kramer of thei engineering de
partment of the forest . service made
$110 on an automobile- which he owned
for one week In Missoula, 'Mont. Kra
mer bought the car secondhand from a
physician. Mrs. Kramer thought it was
an extravagance, so he advertised it for
sale. One man paid a deposit of-$lQ and
never returned for the ear. . He sold the
machine, to another man for $100 more
than he paid, for it. The purchaser be
wailed the fact that h; had let slip by
a bargain In a car Just about the same
as the doctor had sold, for $100 less.
not dreaming that the car was the
identical : one. 1 Kramer; is at the Port
land office of the forent service on de
tail. . .3
When 'one of the T.iP.vA.'a left the
Oregon Friday night, re wept, declared
one of the hotel clerk.i. The man de
clared he had been onty once before In
Portland: 14 years ago, and he had ex
perienced the same feeling of sadness
upon leaving. It then. ' His business, how
ever,- keeps him in Indiana. A woman
who had 12 -daughters was so favorably
impressed ' with the - city and the hotel
that- she announced she was going to
bring them all out heref to live.
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Mrs. William Hanley, the helpmeet of
the sage of Harney county, was in Port
land Saturday, taking Jn the sights con
nected with Shrine week, while the new
is yet on the decorations. She stayed at
the Portland while in t'le city.
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Mr. and Mrs. K. Nakamura of the big
shipping firm of Mitsui company of San
Francisco, spent Saturday at the Ben
son. ' Mrs.' William PoHman and her daugh
ters, Louise and Edna.iwersvln Portland!
Saturday from Baker, -.Where the Poll
man family own a lot of the wheat and
cattle in which Eastern, Oregon abounds.
The Pollmans stayed at the Imperial.
' . ' . e e e- ,
B, ' P. Bonham . of the United
States immlgraUon service left Saturday
night with nine Mexicans to be deported
across the border. Boftha'm 'will stop at
San Francisco upon his return trip, to
attend the Democratic national conven
tion. : V ' -.. . '. , . "
Lockley
persecuted V "The mason Is . that the
Christian feels his inferiority to the Jew
ana snows his resentment by persecut
ing us said my Jewish friend. "We
have pride of race that no persecution
can j oestroy. The Christians persecute
us, yet one-half the ; Protestant worM
worships Jesus, who was a Jew, while
the other half worships also his mother,
who, was a Jewess. Your Christ was
of our race.' and his mother, the, Vir
gin Mary, was Just as much so. The
time of the Gentiles is nearlng Its end
and God's chosen people will soon come
Into their own and the seed, of David
will once more rule ins temporal power."
Lord Reading, one of England's great
statesmen, and a Jew. says there are
approximately 420,000 ; Jews In Great
Britain. ?
' ' : .
A Tommy at the front in PIcardy
who was handy with a pencil drew a
sketch on a plank ' lp his dugout of
ine King of Great Britain and emperor
of India, and wrote beneath it '"Georte
the Fifth." Some other Tommy drew
beside it a crude sketch of Queen Mary
and wrote beneath if "The Other Four
Fifths. So, you vsee. it Is a case of
nfthn, ' poor man, but woman, - lovely
woman, all down-the line, from kings
and potentates to Mr. Jiggs and Maggie-
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' Speaking of the Jews reminds me
that one ; of the regiments ' from
Illinois, . a r part of ;., the Thirty-third
division, was commanded by Col
onel v Abel Davis, a ' Jew, an able
officer . and a fine, likable chap. One
day one of his .; men was cursing a
brother soldier in a most insulting way.
I said to him: "What's the matter with
cutting out the prof anlty and saving
your fighting to employ on the Ger
mans. Fighting with your buddy won't
get you anywhere. You came over here
to a help Mck the kaiser." ; An officer
stepped up -.while X was talking with
the doughboy, and. When I had fin
ished, said to the private : You heard
what this Y" man said. He gave you
good advice. You had better act on It.
I won't be so lenient-" Turning-to me,
he said: "I want to thank you, Mr.
Locktey. X am afraid you find some
of my men pretty hard-boiled, but you
win find they mean ?weU." It was
Colonel Abel Davis, commander of the
regiment. We got along famously to
gether as long as I was with the
Thirty-third division on the British
front, and . they did some mighty ef
fective fighting.
9 ' a .'.
- They; tell a story about another
Jewish officer, . Major - Moses, that may
or may not be trun. A new recruit
had been nmercifu)ly guyed till he
had lost : faith in everything said to
him. One pight Whiit, he was on guard
he heard someone coming and called
out, as required-.: t Who's ; there?"
Major Moses,' responded" the officer.
Believing he was being made the vic
tim of another practical Joke, he
called out: "Glad to meet you, Mosei
Advance and give tu Tan Command-
The Oregon Country
Northweit Happenings in Brief Form f'or the
- Busy Header.
OREGON NOTES. .
Wasco county wiU celebrate the
Fourth of July with a water carnival.
A f1 marble floor is being laid In
the lobby of Heppner's new l00.0ut
hotel.
J. O. Wade' of Chicago has been chosen
superintendent of the Gold Hill public
schools.
The Pendleton 'city council will be rep
resented at future meetiiigs for the in
vesUgatton of the gasoline shortage.
JEiiPyihLanB ot Hood River have
formally dedicated their new home, a
three-story building purchased the first
of the year. -
Camps owned by lumber mills in Clat
sop couimr will keep open although the
Independent loggers will shut down for
a period ot 30 daya
- A committee of Salem women has
,ra,Ptol,lte4 to Procure lodging placos
. .7 wno win attend the slate cun-
""i t tne capital. ...
. The Coos county Republican commit
tee nas organized and elected Jumps K.
Montgomery as chairman. Campaign,
plans will be outlined July 5.
i i? KWa crm of cherries In Marlon
S?.?. ilk..GOUntle8 wn. according to fruit
tP.0;-,-"1 arK.e ? history.
o ucjui aiier JUiy
Sprinerfield. ijn n...
?-.- J.ised 1uta of $390 for the
.7Ar OI commerce fund. The
sum of 405 was raised In three hours.
.ref.er Hott has asked all
forest protection agencies in Oregon io
maris au lookout points prior to the be
ginning of the airplane natrol service
June 25.
' The Euren rularrl n v .
elected K F. Carleton. asslstaht state
superintendent of schools, as city super
intendent to succeed W. R. Rutherford,
resigned.
In order to nMmli h- K,,.in.
l .ThePa,,e8 to attend the first day
of the Shriners' convention at Portland.
Mayor Stadleman has declared Tuesday
Owlner to the nrK nf nriv,.
ness Robert C. Paulus has resigned as
president of the Salem Commercial club.
He has been succeeded by W. J.
Chambers.
WASHINGTON
'The raising of muakrats for fur Is a
new industry to be started near Cen
tralia. Owing to the many newcomers at Col
ville a serious housing problem has
arisen..
In a quarrel over the ownership of a
??.? Peter Angle of SeatUe shot and
killed by C. Davis.
Skinner & Eddy's shipyard at Seattle
and steel has been sold for Junk to a
Portland firm for $1,500,000,
Governor Hart announces that he will
take steps to provide adequate fish ways
for salmon in the Yakima river.
The city of Wenatchee has let a con.
tract for the construction of a new filtra
tion and pumping plant to cost $60,000.
No bids have been received by the city
of Wlnlock for paving Kerron street and
First street north to the city limits.
Judea White Shrine. inntltntvl In r,n..
tralia In April, has staged its second
ceremonial; at which 48 candidates were
initiated,
' Milk producers of the Inland Empire
will form a stock company at Spokane
to handle their own product independent
of middlemen.
Traffic Officer Henry of Pullman has
declared war on the owners of liveatock
who permit their animals to roam the
public highways.
The Community club of Elma has pre
pared free ramping grounds for auto
tourists on West Main street along the
Olympic highway.
: Thefts of -gasoline are " reported from
all parts of Stevens county. Tractors
and trucks left in the field are being
robbed of their fuel.
Fred Eberle of Yakima has been placed
In charge of the campaign to raiB $15,
C00 to be used in fighting for refriger
ator cars and against Increased rates.
IDAHO
The Japanese government will Import
some of Bannock county's pure-bred
sheep. -
' Pioneer day was not observed In
Boise except through the closing of
the state and city buildings.
Mrs. Nellie M. Barclay of Jerome
has been elected president of the state
chapter of the P, E. O. Sisterhood.
Druggists of the Snake river valley
have formed at Nampa an Association
of Pharmacists of Eastern Oregon and
Southern Idaho. -
Provision has been made by the stats
board of land commissioners for the
sale of 4000 acres of land in Jefferson
county, July 17.
The Idaho National Guard will go
Into, Its first encampment under the
new organization at Fort D. A. Russell
from June 23 to June 30,
Uncle Jeff Snow Says :
Iszy Meshmeyer has got hlsself a new
fangled thingamajig he calls a cootie,
and he's .able to cultivate the old man's
orchard and garden with It and do
more'n two men and four houses at the
Job. That gives Izsy more time to cross
the creek and talk to that little black
eyed Narcessus Hatenfeld that wouldn't
b'lleve the dispatches that saidslzzy was
killed In a hospital In France. The
cootie thing don't eat when It. don't
work, and it makes room fer another
cow - on the Meshmeyer place, and I
reckon 'fore long It'll help make room
fer another famly.
Ortgon's Own .BerVy Is the
Loganberry, and Truly
a Wonder fr Is
Oregon has no fruit more distinc
tively Oregon than the loganberry.
And for several years it has been
the best advertised fruit product of
Oregon. :
Let's get rid of the statistics and
then take up some features that are
mors Interesting. .
The yield of loganberries In Oregon
last year principally the Willamette
valley amounted to about 7,000,000
pounds, 8500 tons or 60 carloads, for
which the growers received about
$650,000.
The first loganberries were planted
some 18 years ago by State Senator
Alex IJaFollette In the Willamette
valley and thtje plants are still pro
ducing. In other places than Oregon
the plants die out in seven years at
the most. In Oregon, so perfect are
the conditions ot growth, there seems
to be no reason why the vines should
not continue to grow indefinitely
from the living roots.,
The loganberry Is a. cross between
the blackberry and the raspberry,
but attains flavor and productivity
unknown to either.
Loganberries are made into a Juice
which Is at once a delicious beverage
and a wholesome tonic. Jams, Jellies,
syrups, for soda fountains, loganber
ries dried and loganberries dehyd
rsted, loganberries frozeivand shipped
In cold rtorage, are some of the other
uses. Say :
On Saturday the head of a big de
hydrating plant was trying to fill an
order for 60,000 pounds of loganber
ries to supply a Pittsburg pie foundry
This pie plant makes heavy crsara
"pie, then lets Juice, color and pulp
of the loganberry permeate the cream.
Three hundred and fifty thousand
pies from 60,000 pounds of loganber
ries! Wonderfully good, foo.
Loganberry Juice plants in Oregon
have an investment of $3,000,000 and
spend about $100,000 a year in na
tional advertising.