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GOODBYE AND GOOD LUCK
THE visiting Shriners conclude their
work in Portland today. This
afternoon their trains will begin to
roll out of Portland. ?
Their visit has been' a source of un
bounded pleasure to Portland, and it
is hoped that their stay here has beem
as agreeable to them. Portland haS
tried to be a generous and hospitable
host, with what success our visitors
know best.
Their organization has made many
friends in this city. For a great party
of more than 75,000 people to be gay
and joyous and without a few becom
ing boisterous is unusual. But all
this and more has been true of our
guests. lit is a remarkable record.
As they go, may our new friends
carry away with them a delightful
remembrance of the Oregon country.
Oregon is a part of their great nation.
It Is tied to every state from which
the Shriner delegations came, by the-l
presence here of. some of their own
people. It is tied to them all by the
higher bonds of a devoted allegiance
to the republic, an allegiance that. It
may be modestly said, was made very
clear, and very emphatio when the
nation, was in stress and travail.
The Oregon people are a very stable
citizenry. An old pioneer stock crossed
the continent by ox team as, early as
1843 and began to tame the wilderness.
Out of the privations and hardships
of those primitive times came a self
reliant and militant posterity. ; Some
of the, original heads of those family
groups still survive.
Almost contemporaneous with these
early settlements came a system ; of
public s schools and institutions ; of
higher education. Willamette univer
sity, founded by the Methodists, Is
now 70 years old and for that long
period has been sending out from Its
halls men and women - thoroughly
trained for state leadership.
Development of state educational in
stitutions came early, The "Oregon
agricultural college stands in second
or third place among the grant land
institutions s of America with a stu
dent enrollment of 3500 and with a
.reputation " for research and other
work of the highest order. The Uni
versity of Oregon holds a high place
in the educational world with a stu
dent enrollment of 1700. The two In
sltuatlons, with the Oregon, state nor
mal school, were J voted by the people
a few weeks ago, in a poll of nearly
three to one, an added endowment of
nearly $1 ,000,000 a . year. The educa
tional idea is thus sacred and sov
ereign in Oregon, a fact of vital im
portance in speeding the hope of the
survival of self-government In the
world. f "
An effect of Oregon education and
progressive thought has been the in
auguration of highly intelligent re
forms in the government of Oregon.
The state has a - government that is
free from rings, grafts and the other
abuses so often incident to state gov
ernment , The public ideals are high
and.the wliftle drift is toward a bet
tered country and a bettered com
monwealth. ' .- - ; ' "
These things are said in all modesty
to our new friends in the hope that
something may be added to their
knowledge of and respect for Oregon.
The desire . here is for a ' more and
more glorious America and a more
and more united people. From . the
'
Shriners we have learned still more
of the spirit of cordiality and good
will as a theory of life gentler and
nobler than the hideous ; gospel of
hate. ;J ; ? "; f .- ' .' "r4 a-a
) As our friends .are leafing. The
Journal reiterates that the people of
Portland have tremendously enjoyed
their visit and all hid them goodbye
and wish them good luck on their
homeward journey and through all
time thereafter.' ,
j The bands and the chanters and
the patrols and all the other Shrin
ers re leaving today. They "gave
back In ' entertainment even as it
was given to them. Portland, never
before reveled in so much, music
and , such excellent music . It will
be missed when they are gone.
WHY OREGON?
liynirpN Schwartz is coming jto
1 VI Oregon. : He was . recently con
victed of insanity , and degeneracy in
the New York courts. He was accused
of Attacking little girls.
I Schwartz had previously been con
victed of Insanity" and was remitted
to the custody of his family. But he
broke loose- and again harassed the
children of New York. After a psycho
pathic study made of him In Bellevue
hospital, he was pronounced a danger
ous degenerate. And he was convicted
the second time.' And again he was
given Into the custody of bis family
on a showing that they were to move
to Oregon. ;. ' ";:
"Why allow him to come to Oregon?
Is New York justice fulfilled when
they pass their . degenerates off to
another state t Are other i states to
be the asylum for their criminals?
And haven't we children in Oregon,
too? !-:. - - V-r ' -!f-i ;
; Do not' Oregon authorities have in
this case a public duty to perform?
j If we cant all be Shriners we
can at least remember that -they
were ' here, that they stand for good
will and that : it's . a mighty good
gospeL . 1 "
A TRAIN EPISODE
SCHOOL DIRECTOR GEORGE B.
THOMAS of Portland has objec
tions to Catholicism, and has made
his opposition to that religious organ
ization very vocal on more than one
occasion. ' '
En route from the East recently he
entered the dining car with two Ore
gon friends. , Seats were not plentiful,
and the two friends seated themselves
at a, table for four, at which sat
a man robed very much like a priest.
Director Thomas was about to take
the remaining seat when he observed
the garb of the clerical gentleman.
"No such company as that" was in
the Thomas mind, when he moved
away .and seated himself at another
table. . ; . .
After breakfast the Oregon party
again encountered the supposed priest
on the rear platform of a car, where
presently, in the course of conversa
tipn, the man 'of clerical garb re
marked that he bad . a son in the
war. The remark was exciting, to
Director Thomas, and it led to ex
planations. '
"I thought from your actions that
you mistook! my garb said the
Churchman, as Thomas maneuvered to
catch his breath from surprise. I am,
however, . an ; Episcopalean, ! and am
known to my friends and our mem
bership as the bishop of Colorado."
Being himself an Episcopalean, Di
rector Thomas is less skittish now
in the presence of priestly habllia
ments. .- ., i .
: There was nothing dull In the old
town while they . were, here There
was something doing: every minute.
OREGON'S GENII
ALADDIN rubbing his roagie lamp
never summoned genii so pow-
erful, so marvelous and yet so mys
terious as the electric giant that gave
life, light and heightened color to the
night parade of Tuesday.
:The tinted i shells t of ocean, the
exotic flowers of Oriental courts, the
golden tinsel of a barbarous fancy, and
the rubies, pearls andsapphides with
which to adorn the eternal feminine
eternally beloved, ; possess," under an
incandescence of which Aladdin, never
dreamed, a luster and a radiance that
belong alone to the American Nights
of modern wizardry, j ;' i ; f "
But there is even more fascination
in tracing the illuminant back' over
the wires to its source than in look
ing upon its incidental use in page
antry.
Back of the light and back of the
power are - torrential , mountain
streams. ' Their flow is eternal. They
are fed from unmeasured depths -of
winter snows, from ; uncounted lakes
and almost limitless forests. Their
ceaseless violence turned through
generators could produce in Oregon
alone,1 it is carefully estimated, the
tremendous energy of 3,000,000 horse
power. 1 i k '
The: hydro-electric povjer that has
been produced in this state compares
with what could be developed to
about the extent that a rain-trough
trickle would ; compare with the ' tre
mendous, cataract of Niagara.. .'.
: Yet. Oregon' has now. electric - de
velopment that5 ,is , pumping upon
thirsty fields the very water that pro
duced the power. . It" Is furnishing
the, mstiye energy Tor scores of in
dustries. It is cunning streetcars and
elevators," lighting tf ties and homes,
toasting bread, boiling eoffee, sweep
ing floors, ; operating washing ma
chines, energizing drills,- helping to
build ships and doing everywhere.
more obediently and more .efficiently
than Aladdin's genii could, a multi
tude of tasks, great and small, that in
Mother ShiptonV time would have
been declared black magie j " , I i
The aesthetic,: Instincts are quick
ened by such a spectacle as will again
be afforded on Friday evening, but
the electric giant in harness is the
chief and more fascinating suggestion
of man's great present-day servant
on a holiday.
.Times like the . past . three days
in Portland do not come often in
a . lifetln-e. - Nearly, fOO.OOO people
from all parts of America have' been
here. They have made it their
business to entertain even as much
as to accept entertainment. They
came equipped to entertain. And
with .their great bands' and their
chanters and parades aad rood
fellowship,' they have been generous
beyond , compare. Many men have
lived three score years and ten with
out witnessing such an event. ; 1
WITHOUT FEAR OB FAVOR
THE licensing drivers law, compell
ing - all operators of motor
vehicles , to obtain "licenses from the
state to drive, becomes effectiveJuIy
1. , It Is the most "powerful weapon
provided by law in Oregon with which
to combat the reckless. : :
The law says fevery driver, must be
"physically, mentally and morally fit"
to operate a ear if he. is to obtain a
licensed He must ' not be a- reckless
driver, f he is reckless, or is physi
cally, mentafly or morally unfit the
secretary of state, at his discretion,
may refuse to issue a license, or may
suspend or , revoke one previously
granted.'' Ifi?-i'iy -v-:"-
Recommendations of local officers
are the practical bases . on which li
censes will be refused, suspended : or
revoked. L If : a driver has previously
indicated his Incompetence to operate
a ; machine the secretary may refuse
the license on evidence submitted by
the proper authorities. If his incom
petence is demonstrated after' a li
cense ' has been i granted, f evidence
similarly submitted is cause for the
secretary, td suspend or revoke the
permit. The driver may be granted
a-iieaing before the secretary of state
within 30 days after suspension ; to
show cause why - the license should
not be permanently revoked." ' ' J -
'"Physically, mentally or morally
fit is broad. Reckless driving Is elas
tic. The disqualifying phrases cover
wide ground. Most any untoward act
as a driver , would come under the
provisions of the law. Furthermore,
there ' is no statement in "the statute
as to how many convictions of viola
tion of traffic law would, constitute
sufficient cause for refusal, suspen
sion, or revocation of license. - One
violation might be construed as cause
for permanent revocation of the privi
lege of driving a car in this state.
The law gives 'the commonwealth
power heretofore unknown in Oregon
to eliminate the reckless. 'Fines have
been the basic means of punishment.
Jail sen'.jnces have almost Invariably
been suspended by the higher courts
of Multnomah county. Offenders of
the Sorenson type were not deterred
by fines. . , ; ,'- . ;
But iow the state Is In position
to eliminate the dangerous drivers.
The prerogative should be employed
in . reckless . cases without fear or
favor. . ... - . : . I
Shriner stock
the ascendent.
In Portland is on
W. D.:
;
LYMAN
AND now our vessel rises and falls
upon the lone swell cf the Pacific
Our Journey- on the Columbia river
is ended and we are upon the open sea.
thus. Professor William Denlson
Lyman, historian of the mid-Columbia,
finished his book on the great
river of the West. ; .
Thus, unconsciously he wrote his
own epitaph. '
' Professor Lyman's boat has drifted
out to sea. He is gone from the river
and the people of the river to which
and to whom he gave his life. : i
' Before he quitted the halls of Whit
man and the familiar thoroughfares of
Walla Walla, a few days ago, for the
Journey ' that will have no return.
ana, so, wm diner rrom the trip he
took in a small boat from the sources
to the mouth of the Columbia as he
prepared to write his book, Dr.
Lyman . gave to a representative
of The Journal, an interview arguing
for the subject close to his heart,
the recognition of the Colpmbla water
grade. He spoke of the justice of the
great Inland Empire contention that
a rate based upon cost of transporta
tion would be less along the Columbia
than over the mountain's : to Puget
Sound. And, very truly, he added that
established boat lines on the Colum
bia through their competitive influ
ence upon rail rates would gain the
aajusuneni aesirea even , more cer
tainly than a decision of the Interstate
commerce commission. . -r x t
-' As teacher and citizen,. Professor
Lyman lived, worked and saw far
into the future for the benefit of the
manhood and the womanhood of the
Columbia basin; t . r
No life could be dedicated to i
worthier work or a more fruitful
mission. ; ' -.. i ' i .! ; :-
' THE SAN FRANCISCO FIGHT '
waassaaamwaamaamwrn ,1 : y .
A HOT fight over a wet or dry
plank in the San Francisco con
vention seems In prospect We are
tpld that it may.'evea lail or settle
ment in the resolutions committee and
appear on the floor of the convention.
A Democratle convention in which
there is no fight is rare. - to fight
is a characteristic of the tribe. For
Democratic delegates to sit down in j
peace and harmony would almost lead
to a surmise of the prevalerice among
them of flu, or measles, or croup, or
some other enervating ailment. . K
: But why fight over prohibition ? The
eighteenth' amendment is the law of
the land. The Volstead act providing
for rigid, enforcement of prohibition
has been pronounced ' constitutional
by the. United States supreme court
What more is there to do but to let
administrative officers go on enforc
ing the law?
v Mr. Bryan's enthusiasm for prohibi
tion is to be admired. But prohibi
tion is" now where slavery was. There
is no more reason now to have a
prohibition plank than to have an
anti-slavery plank. Both are dead
issues.; And there are live issues for
conventions to face. There are pres
ent dayi problems that - are pressing
for settlement. Its enemies are st-Il
fighting the farm loan systemThere
are interests that!, want ' to take the
control of money and credit out of
the hands of the government and put
it back into the hands of Wall street
There are agricultural , problems, and
industrial ' problems and 'transporta
tion problems that concern the very
life of agriculture, industry, and, trans-;
portation. ,On every side there is call
for action that is vital , to national
welfare. . .-' ..if
. In the presence of these pressing
issues it is no. time for a great na
tional convention to take up dead
issues It is every such convention's
duty to face the situation bravely,
to declare . its policy, in . terms that
cannot be read both ways and to let
its' party stand or fall on its merits.
Every party owes that much to the
people and it ought to -meet that ob
ligation or go out of business.
OJLD QUARD AND
; HARDING ;
r By Carl SmHb, Washington Staff
Correspondent of The Journal.
Washington, June 24. The senatorial
group which had so much to do with the
nomination of Senator Harding at Chi
cago is still having much to do with
showing the senator the path to follow
during the campaign. Soon after his
return to Washington "there was a snug
little dinner at the home of Senator
Lodge. Those present, besides the can
didate and Senator Lodge, were Sena
tors Srandegee, Fall and Smoot. It was
announced that they talked over plans
for the campaign and "the state of the
Union." r Thia' was a characteristic con
ference of ' the kind in . which the old
guani delights, with no prying eyes to
see and no progressives to Interrupt the
harmony of the occasion. -. Senator Pen
rose and one or two others would have
rounded out the gathering, but Penrose
la not well and has to be consulted -over
l.ig; distance. -t -.:.
Senator Harding says he expects to
consult with Republicans of all shades
before making his speech of acceptance.
He has talked with Senator McNary and
asked an . expression from him on the
subjects" of agricultural development,
i eclamatlon and forestry. Others are be
ing consulted as to specific subjects upon
which the nominee . Intends to talk in
accepting the nomination. ' " " "7
One-need not follow the footsteps of
the candidate and observe his callers for
very: long, however, and. be In 'any doubt
as to the .quarter upon which he chiefly
relies for advice in the big Issues of the
campaign. The little dinner at the house
of Mr. Lodge is a good index.
One of the bills which failed of enact
ment because of a disagreement in , the
I & at hours of the last session of .congress
was : Senator , Wads-worth's . biU for dis
tribution of guns and other trophies cap
ture! by American 5 troops in the war.
wit Germany. Passage of the bill at
the next session is confidently predicted.
It failed In June because the house
adopted an amendment providing that
tlse quota of trophies In each state should
bw distributed by the senators and rep
resentatives. Instead of by the governor,
as the senate had provided. The war de
partment believed the distribution should
be made by the governors, and Senator
Wadsworth was strongly of that opinion.
After . the house passed the bill In
amended form. Senator Chamberlain dis
cussed it with Senator Mew, who was in
ciutrge -of military bills in the absence
of Chairman Wadsworth of the military
affairs committee, who had left the city
a few days before -congress adjourned.
Senator New said Wadsworth was very
anxious that "no change be made in this
respect, and the biU was 'abandoned be
cause of the impossibility within the time
remaining., of securing an agreement
upon it
The hill was worked out to distribute
trot hies to the states in the proportion
in which they furnished soldiers for the
army, and the department has figured
cut Just how many articles of each kind
can be .allowed eaeh state. Oregon furnished-
41.671 troops,, or 87 Hundredths
of 1 per cent of the total, and will be
entitled to the following: : C-z s
Seventy-five millimeter I guns ' and
hbvilsers, three j $8's, one ; 105's, four ;
150' s, four; 210"s, one; trench mortars,
76"s, four; 170's, one; 245s, one; total
guns and - trench : mortars, 19 ; vehicles
for same, 85 - - "
Rifles, - Sll r machine guns. 87 ; bay
onets and scabbards, 429 ; arm insignia,
assorted, 19 ; -machine gun badges, 10;
wounded- badges, 92 ; . large teed bags,
44, paper saddle bags, five; surplus kit
paper, bags, five ; , mussette, paper bags,
6I-.- w ;. , . . r
Machine i Sun belt boxes, 25; machine
gun water cans, 54; canteens, assorted,
81; cases,: 63; folding forks and spoons,
six . . grenade throwers, 13 ; halters, as
sorted, 62 ; assorted helmets, 104 ; orna
mental eagle helmets 63 ; machine gun
repair kits, two: fur-covered knapsacks.
5; plain knapsacks. 42 ; Uhlan lances,
five ; trench ranterns, 14 ; side : helmet
ornaments, : 2188 ; t body t armor ; plates,
three ; spurs, six; blow torches, five;
trimming for helmets, 62; empty shells,
ISO's. 178; empty shells, 170's, 359 .brass
cartridge .cases, 48.
". The .bill proposes.-that the government
shall pay freight charges to a central
point of distribution within each state,
and the, localities designated to receive
the trophies will be expected to pay all
the charges from that point.
With a Rose
Ella Beecher, Git tings
v Signal
in the Union
Want dwells in tb hear- or s roeeT
For how saanr eentnriea past '
. Have bees lathered, stored and transmuted
The elements fashioned at last . -
By an alchemy myetie and - fine
. Into color and odor divina, . - ;
Into petals exqwaitely flntedl
Whet dwelia in the heart of a rose
Who knowst
Wont teneth tb heart of this raae
To thy heart, my Dearest and Bastf - v
That all the devotion of aces - - ,
- Is centered in mine f "Tis no Jest.
-Explain it? - Far meter to know-- -.-.
The toe is, than how it doth crow;
Bead on, tnrninc no backward Imiel -
What teUeth the heart of this rraer
Boa knows-but Xteareet sad Bast,
Letters From the' People
ComrauB (cations aent to Tha Journal for
publication in this department anooM be written
on only one aide of the paper, snoald not exceed
300 wortta in lenctli and rnnat b sisnad by tha
srrlter, whose asail address la fnfl aaost ceoa
pany tha eontnbntion.
A TRIBUTE
Portland, June 12. To the Editor of
The Journal I have Vead with keen In
terest your editorial article-of June 11,
In regard to the keynote sounded : by
Senator IOdge at Chicago, and hasten to
voicey my approval - and opinion that in
this you expressed the thoughts Of all
real Americans. When a senator and con
gress dare to call the president of the
United States ' another ' kaiser, the people
know something la wrong, and all the
talk that they have tried . to safeguard
tha . American people la nothing but sop
through and through, the old political
game played with a desperate, hand. The
question arises, Will the American peo
ple stand for it? With a congress, pos
sessed with a hatred for the president of
the United States such as that revealed
by Senator Lodge, what could the pres
ent administration do? , Personally, next
t one. I consider the president of the
United ' States the greatest man the
world has ever had the - honor to have
upon , its soil, and one who when all
others are forgotten, will he remembered
and honored - for generations to come.
- A Reader.
THANKS OF KIWANIANS V:i
Portland, June 19. To the Editor' of
tine Journal The Kiwanla Glee, club of
Houston sent 27 boys to Portland, and
we have done our est to make good. We
hope with our songs we have pleased
those who heard us. The Kiwanians
ot,a thai,- wIvm and the neoDle of Port
land have been so nice to us and have
gone to such trouble ana expense mat
-.1. nn i htvmim for the. Houston
Kiwanis Glee club their heartiest thanks
for everything.
Member of Glee Club, and Business
Manager Houston Chronicle, Hous-
ton,;-Texas. . .
CARLTON GRANGE RESOLUTION
r,,nnn ' .TitnA 19. To the Editor of
The Journal Carlton grange, at its regu
lar meeting, on June is, aisposea wu
siderable business of Interest and im
portance to the community. It was voted
to establish a gasonne suuon ir ."j
grange, and the grangers are "'
going on a card system in order to aid
H relieving the gasoline shortage. Ar
rangements were made with one. of the
big oil companies to furnish gasoline and
oils to the grange for Industrial pur
poses. Arrangements were made to get
twine for all grangers at a big saving
over, the price asked by dealers.for trust
twine. -': j -.-??r'-A:i i
The following resolution was unanl
mouely. adopted and a committee ap
pointed to confer with other bodies and
auk for their Indorsement of the resolu
tion: i - ' . ' : ' -'
"Be it nesolved, coat we, the members
of .Carlton grange No, 391 P. of H.. In
aasembled. do rhereby
htartily condemn the action of the state
highway commission in seiung w
bonds below par. rWe believe that such
acts will result . In the loss- of several
millions of doUars In actual cash to the
state as well as in lowering the state
credit at this time, when it ought to-be
at its best. We favor an Initiative mea-
Lsare pronioiums "
ftonds below par for the purpose of road
construction. - , . ,
A"B it further resolved, that this reso
lution be put on the minutes of the meet
ing, copies sent .to the papers for pub
lication and a copy sent to the Tax
payers -league of. Portland..
, A. J.' French,
- Secretary Carlton. Grange. .
:Xti INTERPRETATION "
Baker, June 14. To the Editor of The
Journal What it means to carry out
the policy of Penrose and Lodge adopted
at the Republican convention held at
Chicago: It is Penrose versus the com
mon people. It means control of the
nr tna nation : bv the ' great
moneyed interests It' means the. con
traction Ot tne Circulating money nun m
use, every dollar, worth 100 cents, in
creasing the burdens of the debtor class
for the benefit of the creditor class. It
means higher interest rates and harder
to borrow money. It means that a war
policy is better for the country than a
policy for peace. . It means a covert and
masked indorsement of the late German
kaiser whom President Wilson as com
in fhif of the army and navv
drove from his Imperial throne in Ger
many to a woodpile tn tionana, wnere
that war lord Is performing the, only
useful service to mankind he ever did in
his life. It means the destruction of the
federal reserve banking system, the re
currence of panics, affording opportuni
h ha Mnmn and Rockefeller In
terests to gain control of the industries
of -the country. It means to eliminate
the federal farm loan bank, and force
the farmer to borrow his money from
the banks and insurance companies. The
farmer, now on his mortgage gets his
mnnv at s iwr cent, and at the end of
33 years by paying his Interest also has
paia Uie sum n ogrrewwi 11 iiieauiv
more battleships, more armor plate for
the steel trust to make profits on that
Penrose has looked ' after; so carefully.
It means greater prof it, for-the textile
factories - that Lodge represents. - It
means the destruction' of every .progres
sive measure under Roosevelt or Wilson.
Do the people want this? 3 ' v :
: -.: . George-E Allen,
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A LITERARY CLUB'S DISCUSSIONS
From th Cincinnati Snqnlrer' . .
"What did you discuss at the Literary
club last night?" asked Smith. ; s
"Oh, we discussed Shakespeare and
Prohibition, Browning . and Prohibition,
and Emerson and Prohibition," replied
Jones. ; - .. , .. ,-.,.,-
Curious Bits of Information
- For the Curious
Gleaned From Curious Places
. Teak forests of India supply the most
valuable Umbers of the world. . The dur
ability of teak is remarkable, rafters of
teak 4n some of the - temples of India
having, served their purpose for more
than 1000 years. The forests, are mostly.
tinder, government control ana yield a
considerable revenue.'- Teak is used for
shipbuilding and interior paneling, and in
the -manufacture .of furniture. : It re
sembles' coarse -mahogany,: is easily
worked and is .not liable to the attacks
of insects. When properly seasoned, it
neither, cracks shrinks nor alters it
shape. The trees'-seldom attain a height
ft ..iVl M & .. . ..
greater . man - ioy leec --. . -
Olden Oregon'
Crook County Formed in 1882 ; Curry
s County a Product of 1855 . ,
-Crook county was named in honor of
General George Crook, who a com
mander of the federal troops in Eastern
Oregon in the '50s accomplished more
than any other officer hi Quelling Indian
outbreaks. The county was cut. off from
Wasco by- the legislature of 1882
i Curry county was organised ; in De
cember 1855. - The act of -the' legislature
establishing the county provided for the
selection of a county seat- at the next
general election, but owing to the Rogue
river Indian war the choice was not
made until 1858, 'when the town of El
lensburg was chosen by popular vote.
Later the town of Gold Beach became
the seat of county government. -
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I CQMMENT AND NEWS IN BIlt: H
, , 1 SMALL CHANGE '
Many a man who poses as 'a lionets
only a cub. - - ', . . , .
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. If Is better to make good once than to
bluff twice. . .
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Opinions and visits should never be
forced upon people.
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Had the rainbow any more colors some
Shriners would have found them out and
used them in their uniforms.
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Most of the June graduates have grad
cated now, but still the world is con
fronted by some serious problems. ,
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- Exerting themselves to' see that the
visitors have' a good time, Portland resi
dents themselves are enjoying the fun
immensely. ,
.. a ...
A ' Frenchman owns a' bottle of wine
that is said to be more than 1500 years
old. , He must be expecting France to go
dry some day.
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Considering the - number -of machines
on duty this week, it really wouldn't be
surprising If there were a gasoline short
age next- week. M- - i . -,,
After the scientists nave found a cure
for cancer and a cure for old age, per
haps they will turn in and help to find
a cure for auto trucks.
Without attempting to estimate with
any accuracy the number of visitors in
town, we can say without fear of suc
cessful contradiction that there's a Jolly
bunch of them.- .. .
MORE'OR LESS " pERSONAt
Random Observations About Ttjiwn
Homer. Rogers, ' proprietor . of Mount
Hood lodge and Cloud Cap inn, is In the
city preparatory to opening for the sea
son the - popular -resorts on the north
slopes of Mount Hood. "Roads,' de
clared Rogers, "are - better than they
have been for several years, and we are
looking forward to a busy season, with
a greater tourist travel than we lave
bad at any. time since the war staked.
There is lots of snow on the high spots
of the old mountainbut the route to
the inns Is open and there is, if anything,
less mow than usual." By way of proo
fing that the roads are, in good condition.
and that .the travel season is on, Rogers
Is . prepared - to. transport hi summer
crews to Mount Hood - and Cloud Cap
Inns Friday morning.
"irava bear. It's a bear, it's a bear."
Swinging through the ' 'streets to the
cadence of drums, the Isls patrol of Sa
lina, :. Kan., i sang this refrain .Monday.
Nobles of other lodges were sure the
Isls chanters were singing their', praise
of the city, and they shouted their ap
proval. -But when the Isis Shriners
shook the dust of the desert from their
weary -feet .and. stepped into general
headquarters, they found the chantera
meant something more. They really had
a bear with them a baby cinnamon bear
and ' it . is " their official - mascot. The
first thing, he demanded 'was -a- drink
and' he got Bull Run water fort which
he. duly wrinkled his nose-In approval.
Noble W. L. Patterson, United States
commissioner at Baker, - is - among the
thousands In- Portland who say they are
going-o stay here as long as they can.
"It's, great," he j says.- ' K
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S. W. Law, assistant block signal en
gineer for the Northern- Pacific railroad,
arrived in Portland a week In advance
of his party, which came on the Osman
special from St. Paul, Minn. Law's duty
was to inspect the some 1800 miles, of
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS'
-V OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
' 'Sili I.nle- U-J1tJ-t0eJ 1
by Mr. Liockley in his recital of baseball remi
niacenees. The secretary is a super-fan and
doesnt car who knows' it. -As secretary of
the nary - he inakea it part of his business to
foster emulation in athletics amons ' tha men
on Unci Sam's ahina of war. . -'
The baseball spirit is very strong In
my -home state," said Joseph us Daniels,
secretary of the navy, to me on his last
visit to the coast. "About 10 years ago
there was a very close series in town
match games. The team from nay boy
hood home, at Wilson, - North Carolina,
had worked pretty well to -the top. The
Raleigh team- was the only serious com
petitor. In tha final game for the cham
pionship of the state the decision lay
between Wilson and Raleigh. The Wil
son team came to Raleigh and - played
off the championship match. The citi
sens of Raleigh knew me only as a news
paper man, while the people of 'Wilson
remembered me best . a captain of the
old 'Swlf tf oot" team. I hunted ) up all
of the Raleigh residents I could -who
originally hailed from Wilson, and we
went out together to root for our old
home town; There were about a . score
of us in a comer of the grandstand
and we made up in noise and enthusiasm
what; we lacked in number.- . -
"My ,i wife was born in Raleigh, my
boys have been born in Raleigh, and they
were sitting with the Raleigh rooters,
cheering the Raleigh team. It -was a
hotly , contested game : clear up . to the
ninth 'inning, but Wllsoaj put one over
In the ninth and won the game.. -
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"My boys were very much crestfallen.
When I came home they didn't want to
let me Into the house. I thought this
was a great Joke, but it was no Joke
to them, : and they were in dead
earnest. One of ray boys said: 'I
can't- see how you will ever ' hold up
your head. In Raleigh again. You nave
been a traitor to your own team. You
have disgraced' the family.'- "I told themJ
to ask their mother to come out and ar
bitrate. - The boys stated their- side of
the question to their mother and told
her . that I had disgraced the family. ,
Without waiting for me to jtell my side
of the case she agreed with the boys
and said, -You are right, boys; I am
Just as much ashamed of him as you
are.' One of my sons said bitterly : 1
never was so ashamed in all my life. It !
seems to roe If-you are so fond of the
Wilson team -you ought to go to Wilson i
tolive. Think of a man who has lived
m Raleigh for 25 years going Jback orr!
his town like you did !' It took all the
eloquence I had to restore peace in the
Daniels family.. The argument Ahat fl
nally got me admission into the house
was this : I said to one, of the boys, j
'Suppose you should go from Raleigh
to Washington. D.' C. and Washington
should play against Raleigh. ; Would
you cheer or Washington or for Ra
leigh r He said, Why, tor Raleigh,
of course- I said then. Then don't
you think ' I should - have cheered
for my boyhood home, particularly when
almost everyone else waa rooting for
Raleigh T He couldn't answer my logic,
so his only answer was : Well. that is
different. t don't think you had any
right to go backonRalelgh, anyway.
-"Some years ago the New York team
came to Washington, D. C afid . played
a rather exciting match. I happened to
sit with the vice president. He waaf an
enthusiastic rooter- for Washington and
X-was fully: as enthusiastic routinK for j
New York. . Finally he asked me, why
I had transferred my allegiance ' from i
Washington to New York. ; I told him
that a man named Daniel was playing
for the New York team, and I never go,
back on my home town, my home state,, i
or the Daniels family. When I go to a
baseball game, from the time Uie umpire j
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SIDELIGHTS
Freewater and MHtonl will oomblne to
have a strawberry and cherry fete on
Tuesday, June 29. .-J .
The State Chamber of Commerce has
an inquiry for P'ne. to be usedf or ex
perimental purposes in! the production
of naval stores, meaning turpentine, etc.
They might try It in .Central Oregon,
the Bend Bulletin suggest.
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The population of Bend having ex
panded 910 per cent in 10 years, Uie
Budget comments thus : 'Industries Is
the answer. The example of Bend
ought to stimulate Astpria to fnow2
efforts to Increase and develop her own
industries." ' - J 5 . ' ' : i
Applying psychology to the matter of
roads, the Hood Kivep mw .'
The man who says JHood River yaJley
r better than i some I know.
should not be content nnUl he can say
Hood
River valley roaas are w
I know.' " . J '
as any
Medford's water supply having been
officially declared pure , the - Sun i re
joices and says: "In addition to its cli
mate and general beauty, one great asset
of Medford has been ita fine supply of
excellent water. This i always "rff
the attention of newcomers and visitors
In the city." . ; ;,'t. ' ' ,:V
' Those who have been in the moun
taias. the La Grande JObserver state,
report that the proepedts for a huckle
berry crop are good this year : wherever
there are bushes there ire lot of green
berries. - ' ' - -----
block signals between his home town and
Tacoma. to see mat mere wouia do no
delays or accidents when the Shrine spe
cials came, whizsing along to Portland.
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."I have attended a grat many Shrine
conventions," said C. W. Bobannan of
Moslem temple,-DetroIU "and I can hon
estly say that I have jhever seen more
effective decorations than these in Port
land. The parks In particular are extra
ordinarily beautiful and! Portland can be
Justly proud of her work." Bohannan is
a frequent visitor In Portland. He is
connected with, the Bush & Lane Piano
company. ". (
A Mexican section foreman way down
at Tennessee Pass, Colo., gingerly ' re
moved a rail from the track with the
result that the Moslah temple special
which was speeding toward Portland was
delayed some eight hours while a search
was made for the energetic one - to re
place -the missing.' rail. Fort Worth.
Texas, is the home of Moslah temple
and from there came L. A. McKercher,
who wears his fes so Jauntily and says
that down- In his country they "grow m
wild." McKercher, who is at the head
of his own oil company at Fort Worth,
Is In love with the beauties of. Portland
the scenic ones, of course,
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" Mr. and Mrs. H. L. p. Seltser of Pal
myra, Pa., were members of a party of
12 from Zembo temple, who came on
the Rajah special. Mr. Seltxer Is owner
of one of the largest I sausage factories
in the East and each week approximate
ly 23 carloads of "Lebanon Style Sau
sage" are shipped all over the country.
Out West here you "call it sausage, but
we call it belogna atj home. I was in
terested to find that some of my produce
was being used in i Portland." Jack
Weidlingerr "the Pennsylvania Dutch
man" with the same special, entertained
his brother nobles on tfie enUre trip with
his clownish antics. Weidlinger operates
a string of drug stores in Pennsylvania.
Lockley
i
says Play ball' to 1 he very end of the
last Inning: I forget my troubles and 1
do not-even worry about how much I
owe the bank.
"Football is a good game for college
boys. It is scientific, and I approve of
it. But for the average American, base
ball : will always remain the national
game. In my paper in Raleigh you will
find that we Lave always given a much,
or more, attention to the1 baseball scores
as we do to the foreign cables. I intro
duced a little quirk in reporting baseball
games that proved very popular. Instead
of sending the sports editor to the base
hall game I would send' the market edl
tor to report it. He woulddlscussit In
terms of the market,' calling rie side
the bears and the other the bulls, and
in place of describing runs, and errors
In baseball r phraseology,- he would use
the" phraseology of the stock , market.
Another time I Would send the religious
editor. The viBlting team was always
the forces of evil and the- home team
always represented the force of right
eousness, and" he would tell how tha
.angels were putting it over the devils
to tne consternation of the church-going
people. But I noticed they read it Just
the same, though they: didn't always ap
prove of his style of reporting the game.
Sometimes I would send the agriculture
editor,- and he would 'call one side the
cotton : growers and the other side the
tobacco growers. He would describe
how the woolles were putting it all over
the chawers. ? Sometimes the society edi
tor would report the game and the re
sult would be perfectly killing.
"Frank Page, father of Walter H. Page,
who, after; having served as editor
of the Atlantic Monthly and World's
Work became our ambassador to Great
Britain, was a stockholder In my paper.
Frank came in one : day very indignant.
He said he desired to" register a protest
against, the paper devoting so much
space to baseball news. He said it was
all right forboys to play old cat If they
had nothing else . to do but It was a
waste of space to- give so much .attention
to what interested so ' few people. He
said be believed 1 could use the space
much more profitably by discussing edu
cation, or politics or ; the uplift move
ments. He said, "Why don't you get
the different ministers, to give you copies
of their . sermons? Ifr you will publish
those they will do some good. I said
to him, 'How about Walter and the other
boys? Do they read the baseball newer
He said, "That is Just exactly the trouble.
Th minute your paper' comes they grab
it. and I vcan't get a look at It until
they have read the' baseball news.' I
told him that a great many other , peo
ple were Just like his boys, which fact
I could prove by- the growth of our cir
culation. -
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"When I waa a boy X had two am
bitions one was to own a baseball team
that could beat anything in the coun
try, and the other was to be able to hear
.a good brass band play every day. As
secretary of the navy-1 have realized my
two ambitions. 1 1 am .manager of some
of the best baseball teams In the coun
try, and I can hear a good band when
eveiI want to. for in the navy we have
some of the finest, bands in America.
"In the navy we encourage keen Inter
est in athletic. - We have - competition
between ship and ship and between fleet
and fleet, and now. that the fleet ha
been divided and you are going to have
ISC fighting ships on the Pacific, the
competition will be between thev Atlantic
and the Pacific fleet. To my mind, a
keen interest in baseball and in other
wholesome sports is one of the things
that -will keep upv the morale of the
navy." w- . UJ-T.;
The Orccfon Country
Mortbirest Bappeninss In Brief Form for tha
; Busy Beader.
OREGON
One fire has already been caused at
Hood River by the explosion of fire
crackers. North Bend has oversubscribed Its
quota of $750 for the State Chamber of
Commerce.
, From - present indications Wasco
county will produce over a million bush
els of wheat this year.
""' Members of the Ninth aero squadron
are arriving at Eugene in readiness fr
the opening of the forest patrol June 25.
Fred Planting and John Berry of As
toria hold this year's record among local
climbers for the ascent of Saddle moun
tain.. Flour and grain men of Union county
estimate thaf prospects for this year's
wneat crop are 50 per cent belter than
last yajar.. -v . -..--
In the lower dry farming country tribu
tary to Madras,-ranchers are expecting
a crop Which will make up for 1jsb for
tunate seasons.
Fahrtrt ' X. WatV. f - TitAtkrA hiva '
bought the sawmill equipment of Rhodes
ae uouerai near Gold iiill and are re
moving it to I'ooenix.
" A marked improvement ' Is noted In
Umatilla county grain fields as a re
sult of recent rains.. A croo of 6.000.000
bushels is predicted.
The largest and best wheat cropsWal
lowa county has ever produced Is In
prospect. "This year's acreage is almost
double that of last year.
The annexation of the State Fair
grounds to Salem has been formally au
thorized, by the city council. . The ques-
Uon was voted on favorably last May. .
.'I WASHINGTON ;
"Patriotic day" will be a feature of
the Kittitas county fair In September;
The Nee bridge across the Spokane
river between Lincoln and Stevens coun
ties has been condemned.
Yakima valley hay- growers will meet
June 26 with the public service commis
sion to consider hay grades for the sea
son. : Complete returns by "the Kermewlek
marketing union show the season's crop
of strawberries . to have averaged 5
a crate, X'
The Walla Walla county farm bureau
has decided to ask the county commis
sioners to pay a bounty on squirrels
and other pests.
In an election held in Nine Mile town
ship it was unanimously voted to build
a standard highway from Nine Mile
to the Spokane city limits.
The Jersey herd at Wakklkl farm, one
of the largest 'In the Northwest, has
been strengthened by the purchase of
12 choice cows from the Glen Tana herd.
The Spokane county farm bureau has
made tentative plans for making a con
tract with the state college for hand
ling horticultural problems the next two
years.'
Weather conditions In the RltxvM
district are favorable for a big crop of
wheat which is heading fast. Harvest
will begin in the southwestern part of
the county In a few days. .
With wheat prospects better now than
expected early in the season the farmers
of Walla Walla face a sack shortage.
It Is estimated the county will require
2.000,000 sacks. It is predicted sacks
will be worth 25 cents.
IDAHO . '
Merchants of Pocatello will test a city
ordinance requiring that the cost price
be displayed on goods offered for sale.
The state Industrial training school at
St. Anthony Is now out of quarantine,
all danger of small pox having passed.
The new boys dormitory -being built
try Moscow cltisens for the University of
Idaho Is to be called "Lindley Hall," In
honor of retiring President Lindley. .
The state horticulturist association
will meet at Emmett, June 26. Although
some business will be transacted, the
gathering will be mostly a social affair.
Estimates of the Idaho fruit crop for
this year by the state department of ag
riculture indicate a heavy- yield of
prunes. Owing to winter kill the peach
ierop will- have no commercial import
ance. Cherries, apricots and pears are
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taittvi tiiAii tail, J cm .
' Articles Incorporating the Idaho Cen
tral railroad between Roeerson and
Wells. Nevada, have been filed with the
secretary of state. The length of the
proposed railroad is 90 miles. It will
shorten the distance between Bolne and
San Francisco 200 miles. The capital
stock of the new corporation is $5,0O(JUK)O.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says :
We hear a lot of parrot talk about
workln'men and farmers producin' mora
and was tin" less. But they don't tell ua very
loud nor often that th9 profiteers, idlers,
speculators and land trust and beef
trust fellers should produce more and
waste less. Us folks that works in these
United States gives 60 ctrta outer every
dollar we sweat fer to somebody that
don't do nuthln" fer it but git outer our
way. and let us work. . If we stop this'
Hnd of waste we'll have a plenty- fer
at. that wants to work on God's earth,
and God give us plenty of earth to work
on, too. The. slackers, grafters and Idlers
on our batrfcs could do the same If we
ehuck em 'of f. Workin' and producln
more won't make 'em loose a mite, but
thlnkin' - real thinks, an' actin rn 'em,
will. , V
Finest ; of Eating and Finest
, of Spoft to Be Found in
- . Oregon's Salmon.
1 Swimming up -from the mystic
depths of the Sea almost cloee enouch
to the docks of Portland to Hhake
fins with Shrine delegates, Royal
Chinook - salmon are contributing
right substantially to the welcome
which the Rose City has for her
visitors.
Salmon baked and garnished with
herbs, salmon boiled and served with
-egg sauce, salmon crisply fried and
served hot with lemon thinly sliced,
salmon in salad sure, you're, getting
hungry and why not? The flaky,
-pink-meated salmon under his silver
covering Is almosl as nutritious as
beefsteak. The flavor, the good
ness, of the fish must be, to be un
derstood, an experience of the pal
ate. . -
But salmon are far more than
-mere food. They are the means of
adventure, the kind of -adventure
that touches close and thrilllngiy
upon prosaic lives. Furious strug
gles, with a king Chinook ealmon at
one end of a nine-thread line , and a
six-ounce rod and a perspiring, ex
cited angler on the other, occur witn-
in the city limits of Portland. Some
' of the largest catches this year were
made Just opposite the Waverley golf
links. The most-of the fishing was
done, of course, below the falls of
the Wliramette at Oregon City or the
Clackamas rapids at Jennings Lxxlge
Sportsmen come all the way across
the , country to angle for doughty
.king Chlnooks In the Willamette and
Columbia rivers. . They find ihe
game very much worth the candle.
The story of the propagation, com
mercial netting and canning of sal
mon la overlong to tell. But the
process . Is fascinating. Visitors
should see the hatchery at -Bonneville
and the canneries at Astoria.
The Chi nooks propel a fortune an
nually. into the Columbia river with
their powerful, screw-like tall fin.
The yield of 1919 Is estimated at
76,000,000 povnds. Worth $8,340,000;
that of 1918, 67,000,000 pounds, worth
17,000,000. Thank to efficient propa
gation, the Columbia river salmon
are becoming more numerous as the
years go by. .